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released: 17 Sep 1998 media release

Provides a systematic analysis of the health system use and costs associated with specific disease and injury groups in Australia in 1993-94. The estimates are presented in a consistent format and are derived using a methodology that ensures the results add across disease, age and sex groups to total Australian health expenditures for 1993-94.

ISSN 1323-5850; ISBN 978 0 642 24763 6; Cat. no. HWE 5; 83pp.; OUT OF PRINT

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Health System Costs of Disease and Injury in Australia 1993-94

Health and Welfare Expenditure Series

Full publication (3.2M PDF)

  • Preliminary material (384K PDF)
    • Title page and verso
    • Contents
    • Summary
    • Preface
    • Acknowledgements
    • List of tables and figures
  • Chapters
    1. Introduction (220K PDF)
    2. Methodology (133K PDF)
    3. Health system costs by ICD-9 chapter (202K PDF)
    4. Health system costs by age and sex (247K PDF)
    5. Discussion and conclusions (155K PDF)
  • End matter
    • References (79K PDF)
    • Appendixes
      • Appendix A: Classification of disease and injury (73K PDF)
      • Appendix B: Summary of disease costing methodology (328K PDF)
      • Appendix C: Health system costs and use of services by ICD-9 chapter 1993 - 94 (1.4M PDF)

Recommended citation

Mathers C & Penm R 1998. Health system costs of diseases and injury in Australia 1993-94: an analysis of costs, service use and mortality for major disease and injury groups. Health and Welfare Expenditure Series. Cat. no. HWE 5. Canberra: AIHW.