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Year Amount ($million) Change from previous year (%)
Current Constant Nominal
change (b)
Real
growth (b)
1997–98 44,802 62,305 . . . .
1998–99 48,428 65,679 8.1 5.4
1999–00 52,570 69,637 8.6 6.0
2000–01 58,269 74,321 10.8 6.7
2001–02 63,099 77,886 8.3 4.8
2002–03 68,798 82,020 9.0 5.3
2003–04 73,509 84,657 6.8 3.2
2004–05 81,060 89,634 10.3 5.9
2005–06 86,685 92,191 6.9 2.9
2006–07 94,938 97,720 9.5 6.0
2007–08 103,563 103,563 9.1 6.0
Period Average annual change (%)
1997–98 to 2002–03 9.0 5.7
2002–03 to 2007–08 8.5 4.8
1997–98 to 2007–08 8.7 5.2

  1. See Box 8.3 for explanation of constant price estimating method.
  2. Nominal changes in expenditure from year to year refer to the change in current price estimates. Real growth is the growth in expenditure at constant prices.

Note

Components may not add to totals due to rounding.

Source

AIHW 2009. Health expenditure Australia 2007–08. Health and welfare expenditure series no. 37. Cat. no. HWE 46. Canberra: AIHW.