Top 25 Pediatric Hospital Admissions in ACT Public Hospitals 2016-17

ACT Public Hospitals data lists the top 25 diagnoses for hospital admission by volume for persons aged 14 years or less. The dataset was created by the Strategic Portfolio and Data Excellence team and covers the 2016–17 period. It is published by the ACT Government Open Data portal.

Use Cases

• Rank top 25 admission diagnoses by volume for pediatric patients to identify common health burdens.
• Analyze hospital resource allocation by focusing on high-volume pediatric admission causes.
• Benchmark pediatric admission patterns in ACT Public Hospitals for the 2016-17 fiscal year.

Strengths

• Data focuses on a specific demographic cohort: persons aged 14 years or less.
• Scope is clearly defined as the top 25 diagnoses by admission volume.
• Published by an official government source, the ACT Government Open Data portal.

Limitations

• Unknown row and column counts prevent assessment of dataset scale and feature richness.
• Data is temporally stale, covering only the 2016–17 period with no more recent updates.
• Geographic coverage is limited to the Australian Capital Territory, reducing generalizability.

Provenance

Source

ACT Government Open Data

Collection Method

Administrative hospital records from ACT Public Hospitals.

Time Range

2016–17

Freshness

Last metadata update was 2026-03-24, but the underlying data covers 2016–17.

Geography

Australian Capital Territory, Australia