Programme 2: Health Care and Access

The 1996-97 Portfolio Budget Statements, informs Senators and Members of Parliament of the proposed allocation of resources to portfolios outcomes and their objectives and targets including the agencies within the Health and Family Services portfolio.

In this section:

Objective

To achieve quality health outcomes for people by enabling access to timely and appropriate health care services at reasonable cost.

The Resource Summary Table for Programme 2 (Excel 15Kb)

Health Care and Access

Programme	Sub-Programme	Division	Branch
2. Health Care and Access	2.1 Medicare Benefits and General Practice Development	Health Benefits	Medicare Benefits
			General Practice
			Diagnostics and Technology
			Medicare Schedule Review Taskforce
		Health Services Development	State Financing
		Health Insurance Commission
		Professional Services ReviewScheme
	2.2 Pharmaceutical Benefits	Health Benefits	Pharmaceutical Benefits
		Health Insurance Commission
	2.3 Acute Care	Health Services Development	Health Service Outcomes
			State Financing
			Classification and Payments
		Aged and Community Care	Community Care
		Private Health Insurance Complaints Commissioner
		Health Insurance Commission
	2.4 Mental Health	Health Services Development	Mental Health