Arthroplasty - revision of waiting time at Royal Adelaide Hospital
The median wait for arthroplasty - revision of at this public hospital in the Adelaide area of South Australia was 70 days in 2024–25.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 70 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 84 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 1.2%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 27 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 11 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 61 days in 2016–17 to 70 days in 2024–25 — up 15% — while the national median rose from 60 days to 77 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne], about 656 km away, at 44 days. Here, 1.2% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 6.1%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Arthroplasty - revision of" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Adelaide Hospital | 70 days | 1.2% | 84 surgeries |
| Australian Capital Territory (all public hospitals) | not published | not published | 15 surgeries |
| New South Wales (all public hospitals) | 115 days | 10.7% | 131 surgeries |
| South Australia (all public hospitals) | 76 days | 2.3% | 132 surgeries |
| Victoria (all public hospitals) | 65 days | 6.4% | 125 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 77 days | 6.1% | 928 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
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.
Some of these hospitals are in another state — a public hospital referral can cross the border, so ask your GP what that would mean for you.
How the wait has changed
- Royal Adelaide Hospital
- SA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Royal Adelaide Hospital (days) | SA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016–17 | 61 | not published | 60 |
| 2017–18 | 58 | not published | 63 |
| 2018–19 | 70 | 76 | 69 |
| 2019–20 | 32 | not published | 73 |
| 2020–21 | 63 | not published | 82 |
| 2021–22 | 41 | 61 | 66 |
| 2022–23 | 48 | 57 | 83 |
| 2023–24 | 70 | 69 | 78 |
| 2024–25 | 70 | 76 | 77 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
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