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2 Oct 2018 - Table 3.10 updated (p40 of PDF including footnotes and text on p39 and supplementary data tables).
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2018) Health expenditure Australia 2016–17, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 30 October 2024.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2018). Health expenditure Australia 2016–17. Canberra: AIHW.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Health expenditure Australia 2016–17. AIHW, 2018.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Health expenditure Australia 2016–17. Canberra: AIHW; 2018.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2018, Health expenditure Australia 2016–17, AIHW, Canberra.
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Health expenditure Australia 2016–17 is available as either data visualisations or a PDF report.
Australia spent $180.7 billion on health in 2016–17—more than $7,400 per person. Real growth in spending of 4.7% in 2016–17 was 1.6 percentage points higher than the average over the past five years (3.1%). Non-government sources recorded the lowest growth rate in health spending in the decade to 2016–17—0.2% compared with the decade average of 4.8%.
Total health expenditure in 2016–17 was $180.7 billion
Per person expenditure grew 3.0% to $7,411 between 2015–16 and 2016–17
Total government spending on health grew by 6.8% in real terms, above the average growth of the previous 5 years
Individuals spent $1,222 on average per person
2 Oct 2018 - Table 3.10 updated (p40 of PDF including footnotes and text on p39 and supplementary data tables).