Health expenditure Australia 2004–05

Health expenditure Australia 2004-05 examines expenditure on health goods and services in Australia for 1994-95 to 2004-05. It shows that Australia spent over $87 billion on health in 2004-05, an estimated rise of $8 billion since 2003-04. This report presents expenditure estimates by area of health expenditure, 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.