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Area of expenditure Government sector Non-government sector Total all sectors
Australian government State and local Total Health insurance funds Individuals Other (b) Total
Total hospitals 14,860 16,806 31,666 4,295 812 1,784 6,891 38,557
Public hospital services (c) 12,063 16,537 28,599 534 475 1,209 2,218 30,817
Private hospitals 2,798 269 3,067 3,762 337 575 4,679 7,740
Patient transport services 252 1,296 1,548 128 258 69 455 2,004
Medical services 14,335 — 14,335 813 2,170 1,021 4,003 18,338
Dental services 645 580 1,225 927 3,944 10 4,881 6,106
State/territory provider . . 580 580 . . 32 . . 32 612
Private provider 645 . . 645 927 3,912 10 4,849 5,493
Other health practitioners 1,041 — 1,041 446 1,574 312 2,332 3,373
Community health and other (d) 635 4,251 4,886 1 239 69 309 5,195
Public health 1,363 758 2,122 — 30 112 142 2,264
Medications 7,097 — 7,097 46 6,506 71 6,623 13,720
Benefit-paid pharmaceuticals 6,789 — 6,789 — 1,321 — 1,321 8,110
All other medications 308 — 308 46 5,185 71 5,303 5,611
Aids and appliances 480 — 480 325 2,264 45 2,634 3,114
Administration 1,442 292 1,733 881 — — 881 2,614
Research 2,133 387 2,519 — — 213 213 2,732
Total recurrent funding 44,283 24,369 68,653 7,862 17,798 3,705 29,364 98,017
Capital expenditure 108 2,010 2,118 n.a. n.a. 3,429 3,429 5,546
Total health funding (e) 44,391 26,379 70,770 7,862 17,798 7,133 32,793 103,563
Non-specific tax expenditure 382 . . 382 . . –382 . . –382 —
Total health funding 44,773 26,379 71,152 7,862 17,416 7,133 32,411 103,563

  1. This table shows funding provided by the Australian Government, state and territory governments and local government authorities and by the major non-government sources of funding for health care. It does not show total expenditure on health goods and services.
  2. Expenditure on health goods and services by workers compensation and compulsory third-party motor vehicle insurers, as well as other sources of income (for example, rent, interest earned) for service providers.
  3. Public hospital services exclude certain services undertaken in hospitals. Can include services provided off-site, such as hospital in the home, dialysis or other services.
  4. 'Other' denotes 'other recurrent health services n.e.c.'.
  5. Total health funding has not been adjusted to include non-specific tax expenditure as funding by the Australian Government.

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.