One in 15 hospitalisations preventable

By Finbar O'Mallon
Updated February 6 2020 - 12:08am, first published 12:05am
Lung disease commonly caused by smoking was the biggest reason for hospital admissions.
Lung disease commonly caused by smoking was the biggest reason for hospital admissions.

One in 15 hospitalisations in Australia could have been avoided with better preventative health care, new figures show.