In 2010–11, there were 132 570 workers’ compensation claims for serious work-related injuries or illnesses. This equates to an incidence rate of 13.1 serious claims per 1,000 employees.

This report provides estimates of Australia's health system expenditure on care for those with cancer and on the prevention and treatment of cancer. The report presents cancer expenditure by age group, sex and type of cancer, and it compares health system expenditure on cancer in 2008-09 to 2004-05 and 2000-01 in constant prices (see Glossary)...

This report looks at the evidence collected and assessed by the Safety Monitoring Committee established to assess whether there were adverse outcomes following the introduction of new guidelines on how women with a low-grade Pap test result or a treated high-grade cervical biopsy result should be managed. Summary It has been 7 years since the...

This report outlines a proposed approach to monitoring access to, and utilisation of, pulmonary rehabilitation and long term oxygen therapy, by capitalising on existing data sources and identifying data development opportunities. Summary Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major cause of death and disability in Australia. About 1 in 13 people aged 40 and...

Executive summary: The Australian Medicare Local Alliance (AML Alliance) was funded to enhance the capacity of General Practitioners (GPs) and other primary health care providers to provide high quality treatment through best practice models of care for otitis media (OM) in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. The key strategy to achieve this was the...