Australian Health Care Agreements

The Australian Health Care Agreements are bilateral five-year agreements between the Australian Government and each state and territory. They are vehicles for the Government to provide significant funding to assist the states and territories to provide free public hospital services to the Australian community.

The state of our public hospitals, June 2009 report provides a snapshot of public hospital activity in 2007-08. The report shows public and private information at state, territory and national levels.

The report aims to increase community understanding about our hospitals and their performance. This year's report also includes chapters on national hospital reform, Indigenous Australians in hospitals, maternity services in hospitals and state and territory public hospital performance reporting.