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released: 17 Dec 2002 media release

The report presents the findings of a study comparing health care use and expenditure for veterans who hold Gold Cards, with the remainder of the community.The study focuses on the major components of Department of Veterans' Affairs health expenditure - local medical officer services, pharmaceuticals, private and public hospital services.

ISBN 978 1 75024 234 6; Cat. no. PHE 42; 71pp.; $15.00

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Health care usage and costs

A comparison of veterans and war widows and widowers with the rest of the community

Full publication (443K PDF)

  • Preliminary material (77K PDF)
    • Title page and verso
    • Contents
    • List of tables and figures
    • Acknowledgments
    • Abbreviations, symbols and definitions
  • Sections
    1. Executive summary (137K PDF)
      • Introduction
      • Differences in age structure, service-related disability and marital status between Gold Card holders and the rest of the community
      • Summary of results
    2. Introduction and background (144K PDF)
      • Purpose of the project
      • Scope
      • Gold Card holder population and the rest of the community
      • Methods summary
    3. Findings (301K PDF)
      • Local medical officer (LMO) and general practitioner (GP) (out-of-hospital) medical services
      • Pharmaceuticals
      • Hospital services
    4. Conclusion (31K PDF)
  • End matter (115K PDF)
    • References
    • Appendix A Gold Card eligibility
      • Criteria
      • Qualifying service
    • Appendix B Data sources and methods of estimation
      • Population data
      • Age-standardisation
      • Local medical officer and general practitioner (out-of-hospital) medical services
      • Pharmaceuticals
      • Hospital services
    • Appendix C Detailed health care usage and cost tables

Appendixes

  • Appendix C (Internet only tables) (320K PDF)

Recommended citation

AIHW 2002. Health care usage and costs: a comparison of veterans and war widows and widowers with the rest of the community. Cat. no. PHE 42. Canberra: AIHW.