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Total knee replacement waiting time at Port Lincoln Health Service

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
39 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
19 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 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 Total knee replacement, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Port Lincoln Health Service39 daysnot published19 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 Lincoln Health Service, compared with South Australia and Australiadays01002003004002011–122014–152017–182020–212023–242024–25Port Lincoln Health Service 39SA 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 Lincoln Health Service (days)SA (days)Australia (days)
2011–12not reported for this period173184
2012–13not reported for this period153196
2013–14not reported for this period161194
2014–15not reported for this period212191
2015–16not reported for this period222188
2016–17not reported for this period254195
2017–18not reported for this period273198
2018–19not reported for this period244209
2019–20not reported for this period189223
2020–21not reported for this period318308
2021–22not published307293
2022–2342230308
2023–2455167265
2024–2539147255

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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