Surgery Waits

Mastoid surgery behind the ear waiting time at Box Hill Hospital

The median wait for mastoid surgery behind the ear at Box Hill Hospital in 2024–25 is not published by the source (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Mastoidectomy". This public hospital is in the Box Hill area of Victoria.

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

The source did not publish a median wait for this surgery at this hospital in 2024–25. Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator. The hospital is shown here unranked rather than ranked on a number that does not exist.

These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.

Median wait
not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.
Surgeries completed
9 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.

This hospital is not ranked for this surgery.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Mastoidectomy, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Box Hill Hospitalnot publishednot published9 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)128 days17.3%226 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)99 days13.6%656 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Box Hill Hospital did not publish a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, so there is no list of nearer alternatives to compare it against.

How the wait has changed

Median wait for mastoidectomy by financial year at Box Hill Hospital, compared with Victoria and Australiadays01252503755002016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Box Hill Hospital 177VIC 128Australia 99
View these numbers as a table
Median wait in days for Mastoidectomy, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodBox Hill Hospital (days)VIC (days)Australia (days)
2016–17537783
2017–18not published10695
2018–19not published125106
2019–20113119104
2020–21not published160119
2021–22not published14898
2022–23495183162
2023–24177136112
2024–25not published12899

Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.

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