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released: 16 Jun 2000 media release

Provides estimates of total expenditure on health services in Australia for 1989-90 to 1998-99. Expenditure estimates are presented at the aggregate level, as a proportion of gross domestic product (GDP), on a per person basis and by source of funding - Commonwealth, other government and non-government.For the second year, experimental health expenditure matrices for all States and Territories are presented. In this edition they cover the years 1996-97 and 1997-98. As in previous issues, detailed national data on particular areas of expenditure are included. These also cover the two years 1996-97 and 1997-98.The bulletin will be helpful to anyone interested in studying, analysing and comparing measures of health services expenditure in Australia.

ISSN 1329-2137 (HEB), 1323-5850 (HWES); Cat. no. HWE 15; 42pp.; OUT OF PRINT

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Publication table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • Title page and verso
    • Contents
    • List of tables
  • Sections
    1. Introduction
    2. Total health services expenditure to 1998-99
    3. Health services expenditure and GDP
    4. Funding of health services expenditure
      • Government sector funding of health services
    5. Health services expenditure by type of expenditure
    6. Technical notes
      • Experimental health expenditure tables, by State and Territory
      • Methods used to produce estimates
      • Definitions, sources and notes
      • Revision of estimates
      • Abbreviations and symbols used in tables
      • Other notes
  • End matter
    • Appendix A: Experimental State health expenditure matrices and selected health price indexes
    • Glossary
    • References

Recommended citation

AIHW 2000. Australia's health services expenditure to 1998-99. Health Expenditure Bulletin no. 16. Cat. no. HWE 15. Canberra: AIHW.