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3.21 Expenditure on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health compared to need

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Data tables: 3.21 Expenditure on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health compared to need
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List of tables in measure 3.21


  • Table D3.21.1: Expenditure on health for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, by area of expenditure, 2019–20

  • Table D3.21.2: Total health funding for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, by area of funding and source of funds, 2019–20 ($ million)

  • Table D3.21.3: State and territory health expenditure per person for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, by area of expenditure, 2019–20

  • Table D3.21.4: Government health expenditure per person for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, constant prices, 2010–11 to 2019–20

  • Table D3.21.5: Health expenditure on primary and secondary/tertiary health services for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, 2019–20

  • Table D3.21.6: Health expenditure per person on primary and secondary/tertiary health services for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, 2019–20

  • Table D3.21.7: Health expenditure per person on selected health services, Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, by remoteness area of patient’s residence, 2019–20 ($)

  • Table D3.21.8: MBS expenditure per person, Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, by remoteness area of patient’s residence, 2019–20 ($)

  • Table D3.21.9: Expenditure by the Australian Government on Indigenous-specific health programs, 2009–10 to 2019–20

  • Table D3.21.10: Expenditure on hospital separations, by disease group and Indigenous status in public and private hospitals, 2019–20

  • Table D3.21.11: Expenditure on potentially preventable hospital separations by Indigenous status in public and private hospitals, 2019–20

  • Table D3.21.12: Total health funding for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, per person by area of funding and source of funds, 2019–20 ($)

Data sources

This measure was last updated on 7 July 2023. See table below for details of updates by data source.

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Topic

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Latest time period reported

Measure content last updated

Health expenditure

AIHW Health Expenditure Database(a)

2019–20

7-Jul-23

Health expenditure

Australian Government Department of Health data

2019–20

7-Jul-23

(a) On 23/05/2024, minor corrections made to: data in Figure 3.21.1; one value in text of the  ‘Expenditure by remoteness’ section (from $9,371 to $9,374); and to the value of primary health care for medical services the value for non-Indigenous Australians (from $381 to $382). Other small text edits made for clarity. 

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