This report presents information from the Medical Indemnity National Collection for 2009–10. It describes characteristics and costs for public and private sector medical indemnity claims. Claims There were 9,415 medical indemnity claims open at some point between July 2009 and June 2010. This included 2,900 new claims opened during the period, and almost 2,650 claims...

This report presents data on the number, nature and costs of public sector medical indemnity claims for 2005–06 to 2009–10, with a focus on 2009–10 claims. Public sector medical indemnity claims for 2009–10 A new claim is created when a dollar amount (reserve) is placed against the costs expected to arise from allegations of problems...

This resource sheet focuses on the delivery of school-based health education for Indigenous students in Australian schools and the effective strategies that support positive health outcomes for Indigenous students.

This paper presents the latest statistics monitoring the National Cervical Screening Program, which aims to reduce incidence, morbidity and mortality from cervical cancer. The National Cervical Screening Program (NCSP) aims to reduce cervical cancer cases, as well as illness and death resulting from cervical cancer in Australia, through an organised approach to cervical screening aimed...

There were 1,340 hospitals in Australia in 2010–11. The 752 public hospitals accounted for 68% of hospital beds (57,772) and the 588 private hospitals accounted for about 32% of beds (28,000 private hospital beds based on 2009–10 data). Expenditure and funding Public hospitals spent about $37 billion in 2010–11. Adjusted for inflation, expenditure increased by...