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  • The hospital expenditure covers costs of services for admitted and non-admitted patients in both public and private hospitals, and expenditure of medical services for private patients in hospitals.
  • The category 'out-of-hospital medical services' includes private medical services provided by both GPs and specialists excluding in-hospital medical expenditure for private patients. For oral health, it includes dental services.
  • The category 'Pharmceuticals' Includes expenditure on prescribed medications covered by both the pharmaceutical benefits scheme (PBS) and non-PBS, as well as over-the counter medicines. Pharmaceuticals that are dispensed in hospitals are included in the estimates of hospital costs.
  • Allied health services include services delivered outside hospitals by paramedical professional such as physiotherapists, occupational therapists and speech therapists.
  • Expenditure on aged care homes includes expenditure on residents who require and receive a level of care that fall within one of the four highest levels in residential aged care services. The expenditure in this category is not entirely for health purposes. Much of this expenditure is on food, lodging and other necessities of daily life of residents.