Health expenditure Australia 2016–17
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Topic: Health & welfare expenditure
Citation
AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) (2018) Health expenditure Australia 2016–17, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 16 June 2026.
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Health expenditure Australia 2016–17 is available as either data visualisations or a PDF report.
Australia spent $180.7 billion on health in 2016–17—more than $7,400 per person. Real growth in spending of 4.7% in 2016–17 was 1.6 percentage points higher than the average over the past five years (3.1%). Non-government sources recorded the lowest growth rate in health spending in the decade to 2016–17—0.2% compared with the decade average of 4.8%.
- ISSN: 2205-6610
- ISBN: 978-1-76054-418-8
- Cat. no: HWE 74
- Pages: 123
Findings from this report:
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Total health expenditure in 2016–17 was $180.7 billion
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Per person expenditure grew 3.0% to $7,411 between 2015–16 and 2016–17
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Total government spending on health grew by 6.8% in real terms, above the average growth of the previous 5 years
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Individuals spent $1,222 on average per person