Total hip replacement waiting time at Mackay Base Hospital

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Total hip 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: 184 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 54 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: 20.4%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 123 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 78 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 hip replacement, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Mackay Base Hospital	184 days	20.4%	54 surgeries
Queensland (all public hospitals)	107 days	10.7%	1890 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	130 days	13.0%	12180 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 130 days marks the national median.

Rockhampton HospitalQLD · about 284 km away54 days
Townsville University HospitalQLD · about 322 km away171 days
Bundaberg Base HospitalQLD · about 527 km away85 days
Cairns HospitalQLD · about 590 km away116 days
Hervey Bay HospitalQLD · about 594 km away68 days
Maryborough HospitalQLD · about 606 km away97 days
Nambour General HospitalQLD · about 721 km away294 days
Sunshine Coast University HospitalQLD · about 741 km away152 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 1000 km — the radius was widened because fewer than four hospitals published a figure within 250 km.

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Total hip replacement, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Mackay Base Hospital (days)	QLD (days)	Australia (days)
2011–12	72	81	116
2012–13	83	78	116
2013–14	69	76	106
2014–15	75	57	109
2015–16	87	63	114
2016–17	89	80	110
2017–18	90	90	119
2018–19	115	97	119
2019–20	97	101	120
2020–21	171	116	179
2021–22	229	106	153
2022–23	423	145	175
2023–24	395	110	135
2024–25	184	107	130

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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