Arthrodesis waiting time at Dandenong Hospital

The median wait for arthrodesis at this public hospital in the Dandenong area of Victoria was 138 days in 2024–25.

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: 138 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 18 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 23 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

The median wait here has risen from 58 days in 2016–17 to 138 days in 2024–25 — up 138% — while the national median rose from 101 days to 158 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is The Alfred, about 25 km away, at 10 days.

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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
Dandenong Hospital	138 days	not published	18 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	110 days	16.2%	334 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	158 days	19.3%	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.

Monash Medical Centre [Moorabbin]VIC · about 15 km away297 days
Sandringham HospitalVIC · about 18 km away296 days
The AlfredVIC · about 25 km away10 days
St Vincent's On the ParkVIC · about 28 km away57 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 29 km away45 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 29 km away62 days
Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 30 km away177 days
University Hospital GeelongVIC · about 77 km away213 days

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

How the wait has changed

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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Arthrodesis, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Dandenong Hospital (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	58	60	101
2017–18	76	69	105
2018–19	88	64	111
2019–20	86	55	107
2020–21	37	71	182
2021–22	32	113	185
2022–23	405	147	203
2023–24	170	123	171
2024–25	138	110	158

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

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