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released: 17 Dec 2002 media release

Most public health activities are aimed at preventing illness or improving the general health status of a nation's population. What we spend on public health services is an investment in the nation's health that will bear fruit, in terms of reduced expenditure on illness, over time.This publication, the second in a series that reports on public health expenditure in Australia, provides information about public health costs. It summarises estimates of expenditure from key health departments and agencies of the Commonwealth and each State and Territory Government and shows that, in 1999-00, Australian governments spent a total of $931 million on public health activities.The report examines expenditure by governments in nine core public health activity categories, showing which activities incur the most expenditure. For the first time, it also presents estimates of expenditure by local government and non-government organisations on activities with a public health focus.

ISSN 1323-5850; ISBN 978 1 74024 223 3; Cat. no. HWE 22; 158pp.; $27.00

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National Public Health Expenditure Report 1999-00

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Publication table of contents

  • Preliminary material (181K PDF)
    • Title page and verso
    • Contents
    • List of tables
    • List of figures
    • Preface
    • Acknowledgments
    • Notes
  • Sections
    1. Expenditure on public health services in Australia, 1999-00 (216K PDF)
      1. Background
      2. Introduction
      3. Key findings
      4. Government funding of public health services
      5. Expenditure on government public health services
    2. Expenditure and funding by the Commonwealth Health and Aged Care portfolio (233K PDF)
      1. Introduction
      2. Overview of results
      3. Comparability with 1998-99 results
    3. Expenditure by New South Wales health authorities (174K PDF)
      1. Introduction
      2. Overview of results
    4. Expenditure by Victorian health authorities (191K PDF)
      1. Introduction
      2. Overview of results
    5. Expenditure by Queensland Health (186K PDF)
      1. Introduction
      2. Overview of results
    6. Expenditure by the Western Australian Department of Health (176K PDF)
      1. Introduction
      2. Overview of results
    7. Expenditure by the South Australian Department of Human Services (232K PDF)
      1. Introduction
      2. Overview of results
      3. Public health expenditure by non-health government departments
    8. Expenditure by Tasmanian health authorities (182K PDF)
      1. Introduction
      2. Overview of results
    9. Expenditure by Australian Capital Territory health authorities (189K PDF)
      1. Introduction
      2. Overview of results
      3. Revision of 1998-99 data
    10. Expenditure by Northern Territory Health Services (205K PDF)
      1. Introduction
      2. Overview of results
    11. Expenditure by local government authorities and non-government organisations (134K PDF)
      1. Funding by local government authorities
      2. Funding by non-government organisations
    12. Summary and future direction (174K PDF)
      1. Summary of expenditure through States and Territories
      2. Comparison with 1998-99 public health expenditure
      3. Future direction
    13. Technical notes (261K PDF)
      1. Definitions used in the 1999-00 collection
      2. Variation from Stage Two definitions
      3. Jurisdictions' technical notes
      4. Expenditure components for the 1999-00 collection
  • End matter (178K PDF)
    • Appendix
    • Glossary
    • Abbreviations
    • References

Recommended citation

AIHW 2002. National public health expenditure report 1999-00. Health and Welfare Expenditure Series. Cat. no. HWE 22. Canberra: AIHW.