Table of contents
- Letter of Transmittal
- Historical overview
- The first Australians
- The impact of European colonisation
- The young colony
- The established colonies
- Health services: 1788 to 1900
- National initiatives in the 20th century
- Australians in the 20th century
- What is health?
- Health indicators
- Health surveys
- The health field concept
- New public health
- Mortality
- Common measures of mortality
- Major causes of death
- Age at death
- Sickness and disease
- 1977-78 Australian Health Survey
- Data from Medicare
- 1983 Australian Health Survey data
- Data from hospital admissions
- Data from cancer registries
- Disabilities
- AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)
- Impact of environment, society and lifestyle
- Causes of illness and death
- Mortality data
- Risk factors
- Distribution of risk factors
- Implications for prevention
- Aboriginal health-a case study
- The Aboriginal population
- Health status
- Fertility
- Mortality
- Sickness and disease
- Medical and health services for Aborigines
- Conclusions
- Health care financing
- Model of health care system
- Health expenditure in Australia, 1985-86
- Trends in sources of funds
- Allocation of health care funds
- Use of health services
- Health insurance
- Use of medical services
- Use of hospitals and other institutions
- Expenditure on hospitals and other institutions
- Drug use
- Use of services according to age
- Non-financial resources
- Stock of institutional resources 1985-86
- The health industry labour force
- Health technologies
- Conclusion
- Appendix A Developments in health statistics
- B Institutional services in Australia
- C Quality assurance
- D Health care technologies
- Acknowledgments
- Glossary
- Index of figures and tables
- Index