Health expenditure Australia 2014–15
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Topic: Health & welfare expenditure
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AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) (2016) Health expenditure Australia 2014–15, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 24 June 2026.
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Spending on health in Australia (recurrent and capital expenditure combined) was $161.6 billion in 2014–15, $4.4 billion (2.8%) higher in real terms than in 2013–14. This was the third consecutive year that growth in health expenditure was below the 10-year average (4.6% between 2004–05 and 2014–15). Growth in health expenditure per person was also relatively low, at less than a half of the average annual growth over the decade (1.4% compared with 2.9%). Despite the low growth, the share of the economy (GDP) represented by health reached 10.0% for the first time.
- ISSN: 2205-6610 (PDF) 1323-5850 (Print)
- ISBN: 978-1-76054-022-7
- Cat. no: HWE 67
- Pages: 138
Findings from this report:
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$162 billion was spent on health in 2014–15 –up from $103 billion in 2004–05
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$56 billion was spent on primary health care in 2014–15
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Health spending was 10% of Australia’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2014–15, up from 8.8% of GDP in 2004–05
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$108 billion of health spending was funded by governments and $53 billion by non-government sources