This report compares expenditures on health for Indigenous people with health expenditures for the rest of the Australian population. It examines health resource distribution and funding by different levels of government, the private sector, by region and by primary and secondary/tertiary health care. It also provides some information on the level of expenditure on health-related...

This report presents statistics on trends in the employment of nurses and midwives in Australia. Information presented in the report includes a national overview of the number and characteristics of nurses, their geographic region and the overall supply of nurses. Also included is a profile for each state and territory showing information such as nurses'...

This inventory provides a list of publications and other information sources which have led to, or could lead to, improved national disability data on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations. These sources may include data concerning Indigenous people with a disability or discuss Indigenous data development issues, such as Aboriginal identification. Many also consider the...

This report presents data on patterns of drug use in each of the states and territories. It supplements the national findings from the 2004 National Drug Strategy Household Survey: First Results report, published in April 2005. The results are based on a survey of almost 30,000 Australians conducted in 2004, and provide profiles of drug...

This report presents detailed information on hospital care and hospitals, summaries of changes over time, and comparisons between public and private hospitals. Included are statistics on admissions to public and private hospitals in 2003-04, covering the age and sex of patients, diagnoses, procedures, lengths of stay and waiting times for elective surgery, as well as...