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released: 23 Sep 2003 media release

Health Expenditure Australia 2001-02 examines expenditure on health goods and services in Australia for 1991-92 to 2000-01 and presents preliminary estimates for 2001-02.It shows that Australia spent over $66 billion on health in 2001-02, a rise of $11 billion since 1999-00.This report presents expenditure estimates at the aggregate level; as a proportion of gross domestic product (GDP); on a per person basis; by state; by comparison with selected OECD countries; and by source of funding - Commonwealth, other government and non-government.This report will be helpful to anyone interested in studying, analysing and comparing estimates of health expenditure in Australia.

ISSN 1323-5850; ISBN 978 1 74024 312 4; Cat. no. HWE 24; 121pp.; OUT OF PRINT

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Health Expenditure Australia 2001 - 02

Health and Welfare Expenditure Series No. 17

Full publication (785KB PDF, Tables 590K XLS)

Some numbers have been revised and are highlighted in red in the Excel tables.

040225 Update: (968K PDF; separate 595K XLS tables) note 7
040205 Update: (880K PDF; separate 595K XLS tables) note 6
040204 Update: (884K PDF; separate 595K XLS tables) note 5
040130 Update: (875K PDF; separate 595K XLS tables) note 4
040123 Update: (875K PDF; separate 590K XLS tables) note 3
040109 Update: (875K PDF) note 2
031125 Update: (593K XLS tables) note 1

  • Preliminary material (61KB PDF)
    • Title page and verso
    • Contents
    • List of tables and figures
    • Preface
    • Abbreviations and Symbols
  • Sections
    1. Background and summary (425K PDF)
      • Background
      • The structure of the health sector and its flow of funds
      • Summary of findings
      • Revisions to ABS estimates
    2. Total health expenditure (85K PDF)
      • Health expenditure and the general level of economic activity
      • Health expenditure per person
      • Total health expenditure, by state and territory
      • Sources of growth in health expenditure
    3. Funding of health expenditure in Australia (126K PDF)
      040225 Update: (237K PDF) note 7
      040205 Update: (174K PDF)       note 6
      040130 Update: (168K PDF)       note 4
      040123 Update: (167K PDF)       note 3
      • Broad trends
        • Recurrent funding of health
      • Government sources of funds
      • Non-government funding sources
    4. Health expenditure and funding, by area of health expenditure (119K PDF)
      • Recurrent expenditure on health goods and services
        • Institutional health services
        • Non-institutional health services
      • Capital formation
      • Capital consumption by governments
    5. International comparison (64K PDF)
    6. Technical notes (93K PDF)
      • Methods used to produce estimates
        • State and territory expenditure tables
        • Expenditure by the Australian Government
        • Expenditure by state and local government authorities
      • Definitions, sources and notes
        • General
        • Definition of health expenditure
      • Deflators
      • Revisions of definitions and estimates
        • Definitions
        • Estimates
  • End Matter
    • Appendix A: National health expenditure matrices, 1998-99 to 2000-01 (81K PDF)
      040225 Update: (141K PDF) note 7
      040204 Update: (82K PDF) note 5
      • Notes to Appendix A tables
    • Appendix B: State and territory health expenditure matrices, 1998-99 to 2000-01 (164K PDF)
      • Notes for Appendix B tables
  • References (33K PDF)

Notes on Updates and Corrections

  1. 031125: XLS Tables updated

  2. 040109: The following pages were replaced within PDF documents: P14, P26, P32, P34, P35, P75 & P76, P85, P88, P94, P97, P100, P103 and P106.

  3. 040123: Table 19 replaced within XLS and PDF files with additional corrections to paragraph on Private Health Insurance with the PDF documents.

  4. 040130: Table 17 replaced within PDF files and updated in XLS files.

  5. 040204: Annex A - Table A4 replaced within PDF files and updated in XLS files.

  6. 040205: Table 20 replaced within PDF Files and updated in XLS files

  7. 040225: Table 17- change to figures for 2000-01 and 2001-02. Tables A3 and A4 removal of '-1' from tables and replace with '0'. XLS tables updated accordingly.

Recommended citation

AIHW 2003. Health expenditure Australia 2001-02. Health and Welfare Expenditure Series. Cat. no. HWE 24. Canberra: AIHW.