Health expenditure Australia 2015–16
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Topic: Health & welfare expenditure
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AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2017) Health expenditure Australia 2015–16, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 30 October 2024.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2017). Health expenditure Australia 2015–16. Canberra: AIHW.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Health expenditure Australia 2015–16. AIHW, 2017.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Health expenditure Australia 2015–16. Canberra: AIHW; 2017.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2017, Health expenditure Australia 2015–16, AIHW, Canberra.
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Total spending on health in Australia was $170.4 billion in 2015–16, $6.0 billion (3.6%) higher in real terms than in 2014–15. This was the fourth consecutive year that growth was below the 10 year average of 4.7%.
Despite the low growth, the share of the economy (GDP) represented by health (10.3%) continued to grow, due to slower real GDP growth (2.7%).
- ISSN: 2205-6610 (PDF) 1323-5850 (Print)
- ISBN: 978-1-76054-206-1
- Cat. no: HWE 68
- Pages: 135
Findings from this report:
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Total health expenditure in 2015–16 was $170.4 billion—3.6% higher in real terms than in 2014–15
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State and territory contributions ($44.4 billion, 26.1% of total) drove growth in the government expenditure share
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Non government expenditure decreased as a proportion of expenditure from 33.1% to 32.7% from 2014–15 to 2015–16
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Due to low GDP growth, health’s share of GDP has risen to 10.3%, driven mostly by higher prices