This publication presents estimates of the financial performance and workforce characteristics of private sector businesses and organisations involved in the provision of health care services, in respect of the 2009-10 financial year. These data are compiled from a directly collected survey conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). This is the third ABS survey of medical practitioner businesses and organisations with the previous collections being conducted in respect of 2001-02 and 1994-95, and the second ABS survey of allied health businesses and organisations with the previous collection being conducted in respect of 1997-98 for selected allied health businesses.