Health Working Papers

This spreadsheet updates the data used to assess the requirements for health spending in the coming year with actual budget data from the 2019 Budget

Part of the CTU Working Papers on Health, this paper asks whether Budget 2019 met the level of funding will be required to maintain health services?

This spreadsheet provides the data used to assess the requirements for health spending in the 2019-20 year.

Part of the CTU Working Papers on Health, this paper asks, prior to Budget 2019, what level of funding will be required to maintain health services?

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The following are the main conclusions of a comparison of the 2013 Budget with the analysis the CTU carried out prior to the Budget1 which… Read More »Working Paper on Health No 10

 In total, the operational expenses portion of the Health vote will need to rise by 3.2 percent or $445 million from $13,836 million to… Read More »Working Paper on Health No 9

The following are the main conclusions of a comparison of the 2012 Budget with the analysis the CTU carried out prior to the Budget1 which… Read More »Working Paper on Health No 8

The health system needs more money each year just to maintain its current standards and services. The population increases, the population ages, new treatments become… Read More »Working Paper on Health No 7

Every year hundreds of millions of dollars are spent treating people in hospital who don’t need to be there. If our primary health care system… Read More »Working Paper on Health No 6

As pressure continues for public health services to meet increasing health needs on tighter budgets, business is booming in the private sector. There are two… Read More »Working Paper on Health No 5