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released: 29 Feb 2008 author: Deeble J, Shelton Agar J & Goss J media release

This report, the fourth comprehensive analysis of expenditures on health for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, examines expenditure in 2004-05 on health for Indigenous Australians and compares this with health expenditure for the rest of the Australian population. The report examines health resource distribution and funding by levels of government, the private sector, by region and by primary and secondary/tertiary health care. Estimates of health expenditure in 2004-05 are compared with estimates for previous years. The analyses presented here enable a better understanding of the different patterns of health service use by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

ISSN 1323-5850; ISBN 978 1 74024 761 0; Cat. no. HWE 40; 88pp.; $28.00

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Publication table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • Half title and verso pages
    • Title and verso pages
    • Contents
    • Preface
    • Acknowledgments and authorship
    • Abbreviations and symbols
    • Executive summary
  • Sections
    1. 1 Introduction
      1. Population
      2. Health status
      3. Income
      4. Data on health service use and spending
      5. Content of this publication
    2. Results
      1. Expenditures by responsibility for management
      2. Expenditures by services
      3. Expenditures on primary and secondary/tertiary health services
      4. Source of funds
      5. Government expenditures
        1. Expenditures by the Australian Government
        2. Expenditures by state and territory governments
      6. Expenditures by region
      7. Changes over time
        1. Changes in expenditure on selected major programs
      8. Expenditures and incomes
      9. Future work
  • End matter
    • Appendixes
      1. Australian Government expenditure and funding tables
      2. State and territory government expenditures
      3. Methodology
        1. Scope
        2. Sources of data and methods of estimation
        3. Funding
        4. Estimation of average government expenditures per person, by household income
        5. Deflation and constant price expenditure aggregates
      4. Hospital audit and under-identification
        1. Sample size and hospital selection
        2. Assumptions
        3. Confidence bounds
        4. Estimating methods
    • References
    • List of tables
    • List of figures
    • List of boxes 

Notes and corrections

The current version of the publication is presented above. Previous versions of files that have been updated or corrected are presented below.

  1. An amendment has been made to the graph on page 3 (29 February 2008).
  2. The series number was corrected from 32 to 33 (15 July 2008).

Recommended citation

Deeble J, Shelton Agar J & Goss J 2008. Expenditures on health for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples 2004-05. Health and welfare expenditure series no. 33. Cat. no. HWE 40. Canberra: AIHW.