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Public Hospitals - AIHW Hospitals Databases (historical reference, 2016-17)

Name: Public Hospitals - AIHW Hospitals Databases (historical reference, 2016-17)
Creator: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/

⚠️ HISTORICAL REFERENCE DATA ONLY - published 2016-17. AIHW has not released a refreshed machine-readable hospital list since then (current data is on the interactive MyHospitals dashboard, not data.gov.au). Hospital openings, closures, name changes, and LHN reorganisations since

Source: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare · Licensed CC-BY 3.0 AU · dataset id aihw.PUBLIC_HOSPITALS

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curl -H 'Authorization: Bearer ak_your_key' \
  https://api.ausdata.io/v1/data/aihw/PUBLIC_HOSPITALS

Returns JSON with the original Australian Institute of Health and Welfare attribution on every response. Add ?format=csv for CSV, ?start=YYYY-MM to return rows from a period forward, or ?limit=1000 to fetch more than the default page.

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