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released: 13 Feb 2008 media release

Expenditure on public health activities aim to prevent illness and enhance current and future wellbeing and quality of life of a nation's population. This publication is the sixth in a series that reports expenditure on public health activities by governments in Australia. It provides detailed estimates of recurrent expenditure for financial year 2005-06 along with selected time series data back to 1999-00. The report summarises estimates of funding and recurrent expenditure from key health departments and agencies of the Australian Government and each State and Territory Government by nine public health activity categories.

ISSN 1323-5850; ISBN 978 1 74024 739 9; Cat. no. HWE 39; 178pp.; $30.00

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National public health expenditure Report 2005-06

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Publication table of contents

  • Preliminary material (139KB PDF)
    • Half title and verso pages
    • Title and verso pages
    • Contents
    • Preface
    • Acknowledgments
    • Abbreviations
    • Symbols
    • Executive summary
  • Sections (Section 1-5 277KB PDF - Section 6-11 238KB PDF)
    1. Expenditure on public health activities in Australia
      • Background
      • Structure of report
      • Introduction
      • Government funding of public health activities
      • Government expenditure on public health activities
      • Growth in expenditure on public health activities
    2. Australian Government Health and Ageing portfolio
      • Introduction
      • Overview of results
      • Funding of public health activities
      • Growth in expenditure on public health activities
      • Expenditure on other activities related to public health
    3. Expenditure by the New South Wales health authorities
      • Introduction
      • Overview of results
      • Expenditure on public health activities
      • Growth in expenditure on public health activities
    4. Expenditure by the Victorian Department of Human Services
      • Introduction
      • Overview of results
      • Expenditure on public health activities
      • Growth in expenditure on public health activities
      • Expenditure on other activities related to public health
    5. Expenditure by Queensland Health
      • Introduction
      • Overview of results
      • Expenditure on public health activities
      • Growth in expenditure on public health activities
      • Expenditure on other activities related to public health
    1. Expenditure by Western Australian health authorities
      • Introduction
      • Overview of results
      • Expenditure on public health activities
      • Growth in expenditure on public health activities
      • Expenditure on other activities related to public health
    2. Expenditure by the South Australian Department of Health
      • Introduction
      • Overview of results
      • Expenditure on public health activities
      • Growth in expenditure on public health activities
      • Expenditure on other activities related to public health
    3. Expenditure by the Tasmanian Department of Health and Human Services
      • Introduction
      • Overview of results
      • Expenditure on public health activities
      • Growth in expenditure on public health activities
    4. Expenditure by Australian Capital Territory health authorities
      • Introduction
      • Overview of results
      • Expenditure on public health activities
      • Growth in expenditure on public health activities
    5. Expenditure by the Northern Territory Department of Health and Community Services
      • Introduction
      • Overview of results
      • Expenditure on public health activities
      • Growth in expenditure on public health activities
      • Expenditure on other activities related to public health
    6. Technical notes
      • Deflators
      • Jurisdictions' technical notes
  • End matter (138KB PDF)
    • Appendixes
      1. National public health expenditure time series data
      2. Definition of public health activities
    • Glossary
    • References
    • List of Tables
    • List of Figures

Recommended citation

AIHW 2008. National public health expenditure report 2005-06. Cat. no. HWE 39. Canberra: AIHW.