Publication catalogue list

Funding sources for admitted patients in Australian hospitals, 2005-06

Health and welfare expenditure series no. 39

This report provides information on sources of funding for the provision of care to admitted patients in Australian hospitals in 2005-06. The report compares funding for privately insured and public patients in public and private hospitals and, in particular, compares the Australian Government contributions for these patients. The Australian Government¿s average contribution per episode for public patients was $1,367 for the subset of AR-DRGs used in the analysis, compared to the average contribution for privately insured patients in private hospitals of $1,364 per episode.

Authored by AIHW.

Published 1 December 2009; ISSN 1323-5850; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 873 0; AIHW cat. no. HWE 44; 56pp.; INTERNET ONLY

Public health expenditure in Australia, 2007-08

Health and welfare expenditure series no. 38

Public health expenditure in Australia 2007-08 is the eighth in a series of annual reports on public health expenditure in Australia produced by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. In that time expenditure on public health activities by health departments has grown, in real terms, by a total of 77.7%, at an average annual growth rate of 7.4%. In 2007-08 it represented 2.2% of total recurrent expenditure on health-up from around 1.9% in the previous years. In the last year, from 2006-07 to 2007-08, public health expenditure increased by $444.0 million to $2,158.8 million. This was largely due to a substantial increase in spending on organised immunisation activities such as the National Human Papillomavirus vaccination program.

Authored by AIHW.

Published 6 November 2009; ISSN 1323-5850; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 971 3; AIHW cat. no. HWE 47; INTERNET ONLY

Health expenditure Australia 2007-08

Health and welfare expenditure series no. 37

Health expenditure in Australia in 2007-08 reached $104 billion. As a percentage of GDP it was 9.1%, the same level as in 2006-07. The area of health expenditure showing the highest growth was public health expenditure which grew by 21% in real terms, mostly due to extra spending on immunisation. Health expenditure Australia 2007-08 examines expenditure on different types of health goods and services in the decade to 2007-08. The report describes funding by the Australian and State governments; private health insurance and individuals; compares health expenditures in the different states and territories; and compares Australia's spending with other countries.

Authored by AIHW.

Published 30 September 2009; ISSN 1323-5850; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 963 8; AIHW cat. no. HWE 46; 192pp.; $35.00

Health care expenditure on chronic kidney disease in Australia 2004-05

AIHW bulletin

Chronic kidney disease is a common and serious problem in Australia. Those with the most severe form, end-stage kidney disease, usually require dialysis or a kidney transplant to survive. It is with these resource intensive and technologically advanced treatments that much of the health costs for chronic kidney disease are incurred, with regular dialysis the most common reason for hospitalisation in Australia. Chronic kidney disease contributes substantially to health care expenditure in Australia and is increasing much faster than expenditure on total health care. In 2004-05 it accounted for 1.7% of total expenditure ($898.7 million), an increase of 33% since 2000-01 ($573.6 million).

Authored by AIHW.

Published 3 September 2009; ISSN 1446-9820; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 949 2; AIHW cat. no. PHE 117; 32pp.; $22.00

Estimating the impact of selected National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission (NHHRC) reforms on health care expenditure, 2003 to 2033

To give an indication of the medium- to long-term effects of certain proposed National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission (NHHRC) reforms on growth in health expenditures, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare developed estimates of the expenditure effects of selected reform proposals.

Authored by AIHW.

Published 5 August 2009; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 944 7; AIHW cat. no. HWE 45; 16pp.; INTERNET ONLY

Projection of Australian health care expenditure by disease, 2003 to 2033

Health and welfare expenditure series no. 36

The National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission commissioned the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare to undertake projections of Australian health care expenditure using the Institute's disease expenditure projection model. The report projects health and residential aged care expenditure for the period 2003 to 2033. Total expenditure on health and residential aged care is projected to increase from 9.3% of GDP in 2002-03 to 12.4% of GDP in 2032-33. The report provides details of the five components of the projection model, presents projections for the 20 disease groups and estimates change in funding by the Australian Government, State and Territory governments and the private sector.

Authored by Goss J.

Published 1 December 2008; ISSN 1323-5850; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 862 4; AIHW cat. no. HWE 43; 65pp.; INTERNET ONLY

Health expenditure Australia 2006-07

Health and welfare expenditure series no. 35

Health expenditure Australia 2006-07 examines expenditure on health goods and services in Australia for 1996-97 to 2006-07. It shows that Australia spent over $ 94.0 billion on health in 2006-07, an estimated rise of $7.3 billion since 2005-06. This report presents expenditure estimates: at the aggregate level; as a proportion of gross domestic product (GDP); on a per person basis; by state and territory; by comparison with selected OECD and Asia-Pacific countries; and by source of funding (Australian Government, other governments and the non-government sector). This report will be helpful to anyone interested in studying, analysing and comparing estimates of health expenditure in Australia.

Authored by AIHW.

Published 26 September 2008; ISSN 1323-5850; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 831 0; AIHW cat. no. HWE 42; 200pp.; OUT OF PRINT

Public health expenditure in Australia 2006-07

Health and welfare expenditure series no. 34

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.

Authored by AIHW.

Published 3 September 2008; ISSN 1323-5850; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 804 4; AIHW cat. no. HWE 41; INTERNET ONLY

National public health expenditure report 2005-06

Health and welfare expenditure series no. 32

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.

Authored by AIHW.

Published 13 February 2008; ISSN 1323-5850; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 739 9; AIHW cat. no. HWE 39; 178pp.; $30.00

Welfare expenditure Australia 2005-06

Health and welfare expenditure series no. 31

'Welfare expenditure Australia' 2005-06 provides estimates of welfare expenditure in Australia for the period 1998-99 to 2005-06. Welfare expenditure comprises cash payments and expenditure for services specifically directed to families and children, older people, people with disabilities, and other groups such as widows, refugees and migrants. In 2005-06 this expenditure totalled $90 billion, $61 billion being for cash benefits and the remaining $29 billion for welfare services. Funding of welfare services by the eight state and territory governments are compared. This publication also contains estimates of social tax expenditures by the Australian Government and a special chapter on residential aged care expenditure. This report is an important reference for policy makers and those working in the community services sector.

Authored by AIHW.

Published 21 November 2007; ISSN 1323-5850; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 735 1; AIHW cat. no. HWE 38; 84pp.; $29.00