Abbreviations
Term | Description |
|---|---|
| ABF | Activity Based Funding |
| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ACT | Australian Capital Territory |
| ADF | Australian Defence Force |
| AIHW | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| ANHA | Australia’s National Health Accounts |
| ANHA | Australian National Health Account |
| APRA | Australian Prudential Regulation Authority |
| APS | Australian Public Services |
| ATO | Australian Taxation Office |
| COFOG | Classification of the Functions of Government |
| COICOP | Classification of Individual Consumption According to Purpose |
| CPAP | Chemotherapy Pharmaceutical Access Program |
| CTPI | Compulsory Third Party Insurance |
| DVA | Department of Veterans’ Affairs |
| ETF | Economic type framework |
| FFA | Federation Funding Agreement |
| GDP | gross domestic product |
| GFCE | government final consumption expenditure |
| GFCF | Gross Fixed Capital Formation |
| GFS | Government Finance Statistics |
| GHE NMDS | Government Health Expenditure National Minimum Data Set |
| GNE | gross national expenditure |
| GP | general practitioner |
| GST | goods and services tax |
| HCP | Hospital Casemix Protocol |
| HEA | Health expenditure Australia |
| HEAC | Health Expenditure Advisory Committee |
| HED | AIHW Health Expenditure Database |
| HFCE | household final consumption expenditure |
| HSD | highly specialised drug |
| IHACPA | Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA, previously named Independent Hospital Pricing Authority IHPA) |
| IPD | implicit price deflator |
| IRI | Information Resources Incorporated |
| LHN | Local health network |
| MBS | Medicare Benefits Schedule |
| MRCA | Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 |
| NHA | National Health Act 1953 |
| NHFB | National Health Funding Body |
| NHFP | National Health Funding Pool |
| NHMRC | National Health and Medical Research Council |
| NHR | National Health Reform |
| NHRA | National Health Reform Agreement |
| NPA | National Partnership Agreement |
| NPCR | National Partnership on COVID-19 Response |
| NPP | National Partnership Payment |
| NSW | New South Wales |
| NT | Northern Territory |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| PBS | Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme |
| PHC | primary health care |
| PHDB | Private Hospital Data Bureau |
| PHEC | Private Health Establishments Collection |
| PHI | private health insurance |
| PPE | Personal protective equipment |
| Qld | Queensland |
| RPBS | Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme |
| SA | South Australia |
| SHA | System of Health Accounts |
| SRCA | Safety Rehabilitation Compensation Act 1988 |
| Tas | Tasmania |
| Vic | Victoria |
| WA | Western Australia |