Non-government health expenditure for 2019-20
Dear Australian Institute of Health and Welfare,
The AIHW's Health Expenditure Australia 2019-20 report, noted Australia’s health expenditure being $202.5 billion with around 70 percent funded by governments and 30 percent by non-government entities (individuals, private health insurers and injury compensation insurers) and figures being:
$86.4 billion by the Australian Government
$56.2 billion by the state and territory governments
$59.9 billion by non-government entities.
If possible, please treat this as an informal or administrative request. Otherwise, please treat this as a formal request for documents under the Freedom of Information Act.
I am requesting documents that detail the separate amounts of funding by non-government entities in relation to the aforementioned 2019-20 report. The amount funded by:
1. private health insurers
2. injury compensation insurers
3. individuals
The total of these 3 figures will amount to $59.9 billion.
Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
Julie Middleton
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Dear Ms Middleton,
I refer to your email of 22 June 2023, requesting information in relation to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (the Institute) health expenditure report of 2019 – 2020. In particular, you are seeking information in relation to the funding provided by:
(a) Private health insurers;
(b) Injury compensation insurers; and
(c) Individuals.
You may not be aware that the Institute has released the health expenditure Australia report for 2020 – 2021, which is publicly available at https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/health-w....
The figures you are seeking, together with those from previous years, are provided at Table 10 of that report. A link to the downloadable table from the report is available at https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/health-w...
For further information on the data sources for non-government expenditure, please refer to the overview of data sources and methodology section of the report, available at https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/health-w...
Kind regards,
Anne
Anne
General Counsel
Data Governance Group
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
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From: Julie Middleton <[FOI #10400 email]>
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2023 9:26 AM
To: FOI <[AIHW request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Non-government health expenditure for 2019-20
Dear Australian Institute of Health and Welfare,
The AIHW's Health Expenditure Australia 2019-20 report, noted Australia’s health expenditure being $202.5 billion with around 70 percent funded by governments and 30 percent by non-government entities (individuals, private health insurers and injury compensation insurers) and figures being:
$86.4 billion by the Australian Government
$56.2 billion by the state and territory governments
$59.9 billion by non-government entities.
If possible, please treat this as an informal or administrative request. Otherwise, please treat this as a formal request for documents under the Freedom of Information Act.
I am requesting documents that detail the separate amounts of funding by non-government entities in relation to the aforementioned 2019-20 report. The amount funded by:
1. private health insurers
2. injury compensation insurers
3. individuals
The total of these 3 figures will amount to $59.9 billion.
Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
Julie Middleton
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