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released: 5 Sep 2002 author: AIHW media release

Australia spent over $60 billion on health in 2000-01, a rise of almost $9 billion over the latest two years. This report examines expenditure on health in Australia. It revises estimates from 1991 to 1998-99 to reflect new estimates of GDP and household expenditure on health, and presents preliminary estimates for 2000-01. Health Expenditure Australia follows the Health Expenditure Bulletin in presenting this and other essential information and analysis on the Australian health system.

ISSN 1323-5850; ISBN 978 1 74024 201 1; Cat. no. HWE 20; 127pp.; OUT OF PRINT

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Publication table of contents

  • Preliminary material (87KB PDF)
    • Title page and verso
    • Contents
    • List of tables and figures
    • Preface
    • Abbreviations and Symbols
  • Sections
    1. Background and summary (88KB PDF)
      • Background
      • The structure of the health sector and its flow of funds
      • Summary of findings
      • Revisions to ABS estimates
    2. Total health expenditure (43KB PDF)
      • Health expenditure and the general level of economic activity
      • Health expenditure per person
      • Total health expenditure, by State and Territory
      • Sources of health expenditure growth
    3. Funding of health expenditure in Australia (65KB PDF)
      • Broad trends in funding
      • Government sources of funds
      • Non-government sources of funds
    4. Health expenditure and its funding by area of expenditure (364KB PDF)2
      • Recurrent expenditure on health goods and services
      • Capital formation
      • Capital consumption by governments
    5. International comparison (115KB PDF)
    6. Technical notes (109KB PDF)
      • Methods used to produce estimates
      • Definitions, sources and notes
      • Deflators
      • Revisions of definitions and estimates
  • End Matter (174KB PDF)
    • Appendix A 3
    • Appendix B
    • References

Notes and corrections

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Previous versions of files that have been updated or corrected are presented below.

  1. Some numbers in Tables 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 16, A9, A10, B16 and B20 have been revised and are highlighted in red in the PDF version. The XLS tables file has also been amended.
    • Corrections: Health expenditure report (23KB PDF)
  2. Amendments have been made to table 26 on page 46.
  3. Changes were made to tables A9, A10 on pages 76, 77.

Recommended citation

AIHW 2002. Health expenditure Australia 2000-01. Health and Welfare Expenditure Series no. 14. Cat. no. HWE 20. Canberra: AIHW.