Health 2024

  1. Report

    What does an arts and health organisation do?


    To understand what is driving momentum in arts and health and how organisations and practitioners are operating in creating and/or benefitting from that momentum, this report gathers insights from people working in some of the world’s best and most innovative arts and health organisations.
  2. Briefing paper

    Transforming for value-based health care: lessons from NHS Wales


    The sustainability of healthcare systems around the world are under threat - with the way care is designed and delivered in need of reform. This paper compares the Welsh and Australian experience of exploring and implementing value-based health care.
  3. Report

    Australians’ subjective wellbeing in 2024: the housing and financial divide from ‘boomers’ to ‘zoomers’

    Craig A. Olsson, Delyse Hutchinson, Kate Lycett

    The Australian Unity Wellbeing Index monitors the subjective wellbeing of over 2,000 Australian adults. This year’s results show Australian's satisfaction with life has hit an all-time low. Satisfaction with health also slumped to an unprecedented low. Personal wellbeing scores and satisfaction with life “as a whole” both continue to remain very low.
  4. Report

    Australia's health tracker: chronic conditions by socioeconomic status


    Low socioeconomic status is a major risk factor for poor health, this report finds. Comparing the rates of chronic disease and mortality across socioeconomic boundaries, it shows health disparities are persistent and growing. It suggests priority policy actions to mitigate the health impacts of disadvantage and reduce the burden of chronic diseases on Australia's most...
  5. Report

    Australia’s health 2024: in brief


    This publication presents a summary of the state of health in Australia in 2024, with key findings on the health system, the health of Australians, and factors that can influence public health.
  6. Strategy

    New Zealand pandemic plan: a framework for action


    This document outlines the all-of-government measures to be taken to prepare for and respond to a pandemic in New Zealand. The interim update was completed at pace, is limited in scope, and reflects changes to how the health system is run since the 2022 reforms and some of the early lessons from the COVID-19 response.
  7. Data portal

    The Australian child and youth wellbeing atlas


    A data asset that maps information on children and young people aged 0 to 24 in communities across Australia. It enables the visualisation, analysis, and monitoring of health and wellbeing metrics for children and young people. It is intended to accelerate access to and use of spatial data to understand inequities and improve the wellbeing...