Rural Hospital Emergency Care Patient Survey

This survey asks for feedback from people who have recently received emergency care in one of the smaller NSW public hospitals, typically in rural locations.

NSW-level results are presented in our Snapshot reports. Explore the data in depth – including for individual hospitals and local health districts (LHDs) – using the supplementary data tables and by following the BHI Data Portal link below.

Prior to mid-2019, this survey was known as the Small and Rural Emergency Department Patient Survey.

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Data Portal

Find and compare detailed results showing activity and performance for the NSW healthcare system, including trends over time

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Questionnaires and technical documents

Sample questionnaire, 2015–16

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Development report, 2015–16

Summarises changes to the latest survey and includes information about stakeholder consultation and engagement, and sampling methodology.

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Technical Supplement, 2015–16

Detailed information about the sampling methodology, data management and analysis related to the latest survey results.

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To see current questionnaires in the field, click here

Other results

Patients’ experiences of emergency care in small rural hospitals in 2023

These results reflect the experiences of more than 5,000 patients who received emergency care from one of 81 small rural public hospitals between January and March 2023.

Released: 6 December 2023

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