Aortic aneurysm repair waiting time at Gold Coast University Hospital
Half of patients at Gold Coast University Hospital waited 28 days or less for aortic aneurysm repair in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Abdominal or thoracic aortic aneurysm - repair/replacement". This public hospital is in the Parkwood area of Queensland.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 28 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 34 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 24 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.
The median wait here has risen from 11 days in 2016–17 to 28 days in 2024–25 — up 155% — while the national median rose from 21 days to 24 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is Princess Alexandra Hospital, about 61 km away, at 21 days.
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How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Coast University Hospital | 28 days | not published | 34 surgeries |
| Queensland (all public hospitals) | 26 days | 2.4% | 254 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 24 days | 0.8% | 862 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 24 days marks the national median.
Princess Alexandra Hospital, QLD · about 61 km away: 21 days
Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, QLD · about 67 km away: 30 days
The Prince Charles Hospital, QLD · about 72 km away: 98 days
Sunshine Coast University Hospital, QLD · about 137 km away: 20 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Gold Coast University Hospital
- QLD
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Gold Coast University Hospital (days) | QLD (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 11 | 18 | 21 |
| 2017–18 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| 2018–19 | not published | 21 | 22 |
| 2019–20 | not published | 21 | 21 |
| 2020–21 | not published | 25 | 22 |
| 2021–22 | 30 | 24 | 23 |
| 2022–23 | 32 | 29 | 25 |
| 2023–24 | 32 | 31 | 27 |
| 2024–25 | 28 | 26 | 24 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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