Surgery Waits

Joint fusion surgery waiting time at Mater Adult Hospital

Half of patients at Mater Adult Hospital waited 71 days or less for joint fusion surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Arthrodesis". This public hospital is in the Dutton Park 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
71 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed
17 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 51 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 6 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has fallen from 86 days in 2016–17 to 71 days in 2024–25 — down 17% — while the national median rose from 101 days to 158 days. No public hospital nearby published a shorter median for this surgery in this period.

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How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Arthrodesis, 2024–25.
Where Median wait Waited more than 365 days Surgeries
Mater Adult Hospital71 daysnot published17 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)132 days19.9%562 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)158 days19.3%1563 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 158 days marks the national median.

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

How the wait has changed

Median wait for arthrodesis by financial year at Mater Adult Hospital, compared with Queensland and Australiadays0631251882502016–172018–192020–212022–232024–25Mater Adult Hospital 71QLD 132Australia 158
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Median wait in days for Arthrodesis, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference periodMater Adult Hospital (days)QLD (days)Australia (days)
2016–178678101
2017–1815193105
2018–19172126111
2019–2084109107
2020–2187139182
2021–22105128185
2022–23130162203
2023–2477151171
2024–2571132158

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

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