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Total knee replacement waiting time at Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services

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
88 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
32 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

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 15 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
Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services88 daysnot published32 surgeries
South Australia (all public hospitals)147 days14.7%1322 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)255 days23.2%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.

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 500 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for Total knee replacement by financial year at Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services, compared with South Australia and Australiadays01002003004002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Port Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services 88SA 147Australia 255
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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 periodPort Augusta Hospital and Regional Health Services (days)SA (days)Australia (days)
2011–1276173184
2012–13126153196
2013–14179161194
2014–15117212191
2015–1698222188
2016–17119254195
2017–18168273198
2018–19136244209
2019–20145189223
2020–2187318308
2021–22124307293
2022–2391230308
2023–2463167265
2024–2588147255

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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