In mid-2003, the Department of Health and Ageing commissioned the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare to investigate the extent to which health and aged care service use can be associated with dementia, to inform an Australian government review of pricing arrangements in residential aged care by Professor Warren Hogan. This report presents the findings...

This report identifies and briefly describes key Australian data collections relevant to assessing patterns of alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harm. The scope of this list is limited to mostly national data collections in the public domain. It includes an analysis of these alcohol data collections and how they contribute to reducing alcohol-related harm.

Commonwealth rent assistance (CRA) is a non-taxable income supplement paid through Centrelink to individuals and families who rent in the private rental market. This bulletin addresses the characteristics of recipients; the accommodation used by recipients; the Centrelink client groups receiving CRA; comparison of recipients with Centrelink clients living in public housing; and the effect of...

This publication presents estimates of health expenditure on disease and injury in Australia in 2000-01, classified by disease or injury group, age and sex. The estimates are available by area of expenditure - hospitals, high-level residential aged care, medical services, other professional services, pharmaceuticals and research.

This report summarises the data collected in the census of the Community Aged Care Packages Program conducted between 16 September and 14 October 2002. The aim of the project was to gather data about CACP recipients, the assistance that they receive and providers of CACP assistance, to provide an information base for planning and policy...