Expenditure on hospitals reflects the funds spent to pay for the clinical and non-clinical services they provide.
Public and private hospitals both receive funding from the Australian Government, state and territory governments, private health insurance funds and out-of-pocket payments by individuals. However, the relative contributions made by these sources of funds varies across the sectors, reflecting the types of patients they treat, the services they provide, and the administrative arrangements in which they operate.
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