Health care expenditure on cardiovascular diseases 2008–09
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AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2014) Health care expenditure on cardiovascular diseases 2008–09, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 27 April 2024.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2014). Health care expenditure on cardiovascular diseases 2008–09. Canberra: AIHW.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Health care expenditure on cardiovascular diseases 2008–09. AIHW, 2014.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Health care expenditure on cardiovascular diseases 2008–09. Canberra: AIHW; 2014.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2014, Health care expenditure on cardiovascular diseases 2008–09, AIHW, Canberra.
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Cardiovascular disease (CVD) makes a considerable impact on the health of Australians and has the highest level of health-care expenditure of any disease group. Between 2000–01 and 2008–09, health-care expenditure allocated to CVD increased by 48% from $5,207 million to $7,717 million. The health-care sector with the largest increase (55%) was hospital admitted patients.
- ISBN: 978-1-74249-541-5
- Cat. no: CVD 65
- Pages: 61
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Cardiovascular disease (CVD) has the highest level of health-care expenditure of any disease group in Australia
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In 2008–09, estimated expenditure for CVD was $7,605 million–12% of all allocated health-care expenditure in Australia
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Coronary heart disease expenditure accounted for 27% of CVD expenditure in 2008-09
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Almost 60% of CVD expenditure was for hospital admitted patient services (conservatively estimated at $4,460 million)