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Discectomy waiting time at Mater Adult Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Discectomy at this public hospital, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

Median wait
24 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
174 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
0.0%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 30 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 4 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Discectomy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Mater Adult Hospital24 days0.0%174 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)37 days0.6%483 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)41 days4.5%1400 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 41 days marks the national median.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for Discectomy by financial year at Mater Adult Hospital, compared with Queensland and Australiadays0193856752016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Mater Adult Hospital 24QLD 37Australia 41
  • Mater Adult Hospital
  • QLD
  • Australia
View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Discectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodMater Adult Hospital (days)QLD (days)Australia (days)
2016–1773141
2017–1882842
2018–19133643
2019–20154349
2020–21204649
2021–22234549
2022–23203260
2023–24283748
2024–25243741

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

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