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released: 3 Sep 2008 author: AIHW media release

This publication reports estimates of expenditure on public health activities in Australia that were funded by the Australian Government and state and territory health departments during 2006-07. Public health expenditure in Australia 2006-07 continues the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare's series of reports on national public health expenditure, which have been produced annually since 1999-00.

ISSN 1323-5850; ISBN 978 1 74024 804 4; Cat. no. HWE 41; 0pp.; INTERNET ONLY

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Publication table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • Title and verso pages
    • Contents
    • Acknowledgments and authorship
    • Abbreviations and symbols
    • Summary
  • Sections
    1. Introduction
      • Background
      • What is public health?
      • Public health funding and expenditure
    2. Government funding of public health activities
      • SPPs to state and territory governments
    3. Government expenditure on public health activities
      • Public health expenditure per person
      • Average public health expenditure per person in each state and territory
      • Public health expenditure as a proportion of total recurrent health expenditure
    4. Growth in expenditure on public health activities
  • End matter
    • Appendix: technical notes
      • Definition of public health activities
      • Jurisdictions' technical notes
      • Method for allocating direct expenditure by the Australian Government to states and territories
      • Deflators
    • References
    • List of tables
    • List of figures
    • List of boxes

Recommended citation

AIHW 2008. Public health expenditure in Australia 2006-07. Cat. no. HWE 41. Canberra: AIHW.