Total knee replacement waiting time at Modbury Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Total knee replacement 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: 99 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 288 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 14.6%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 128 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 19 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 Total knee replacement, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Modbury Hospital	99 days	14.6%	288 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)	147 days	14.7%	1322 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	255 days	23.2%	17987 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 255 days marks the national median.

Lyell McEwin HospitalSA · about 10 km away114 days
Royal Adelaide HospitalSA · about 13 km away183 days
The Queen Elizabeth HospitalSA · about 15 km away290 days
Flinders Medical CentreSA · about 24 km away130 days
Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial HospitalSA · about 32 km away71 days
Noarlunga HospitalSA · about 38 km away330 days
Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial HospitalSA · about 63 km away98 days
South Coast District HospitalSA · about 81 km away34 days

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

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Total knee replacement, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Modbury Hospital (days)	SA (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	219	173	184
2012–13	104	153	196
2013–14	194	161	194
2014–15	335	212	191
2015–16	375	222	188
2016–17	not reported for this period	254	195
2017–18	not reported for this period	273	198
2018–19	not reported for this period	244	209
2019–20	not reported for this period	189	223
2020–21	not published	318	308
2021–22	332	307	293
2022–23	337	230	308
2023–24	276	167	265
2024–25	99	147	255

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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