Other services

In 2023–24, estimated total spending on other health related services was $20.0 billion. Of this:

  • $7.7 billion on administration
  • $6.5 billion on patient transport services
  • $5.8 billion on aids and appliances (Table A6). 

Overall:

  • non-government entities contributed $8.2 billion 
  • state and territory governments $7.0 billion
  • Australian Government $4.9 billion (Figure 29). 

Figure 29: Other services (a) spending, by source of funds, constant prices (b), 2013–14 to 2023–24

The line graph shows spending on other services by the Australian Government, state and territory governments, and the non-government sector over the decade to 2023–24. Non-government spending increased from $6.5 billion in 2013–14 to $7.3 billion in 2018–19, then fluctuated between $7.0 billion and $8.2 billion from 2019–20 to 2023–24. Australian Government spending rose slightly from $3.8 billion in 2013–14 to $4.9 billion in 2023–24. State and territory government spending increased each year, rising from $3.3 billion in 2013–14 to $7.0 billion in 2023–24.

The line graph shows spending on other services by the Australian Government, state and territory governments, and the non-government sector over the decade to 2023–24. Non-government spending increased from $6.5 billion in 2013–14 to $7.3 billion in 2018–19, then fluctuated between $7.0 billion and $8.2 billion from 2019–20 to 2023–24. Australian Government spending rose slightly from $3.8 billion in 2013–14 to $4.9 billion in 2023–24. State and territory government spending increased each year, rising from $3.3 billion in 2013–14 to $7.0 billion in 2023–24.

⁽ᵃ⁾ Other services include patient transport services, aids and appliances, and administration.

⁽ᵇ⁾ Constant price health spending is in 2023–24 prices.

Source: AIHW Health Expenditure Database (Table 34).

Compared with 2022–23, spending on other health services increased in real terms by $0.6 billion (3.2%) in 2023–24. This growth was mainly attributable to an increase in spending by state and territory governments of $281 million (4.2%), by non-government entities of $260 million (3.3%) and by the Australian Government approximately $84 million (1.8%).

Over the decade since 2013–14, the average annual real growth rate in spending on other services was 4.0%.

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