Program 2: Health care and access

The 1997-1998 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:

Program Summary

Objective

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

Resource summary

		Outlays		Staffing
Sub-program		1996-97 Estimated Outcome $000	1997-98 Estimate $000	1996-97 Estimated Outcome Staff Years	1997-98 Estimate Staff Years
2.1	Medicare Benefits and General Practice Development	6,674,471	6,984,257	2,755.7	2,810.2
2.2	Pharmaceutical Benefits	2,527,451	2,820,423	458.3	442.0
2.3	Acute Care	5,101,272	5,674,524	125.4	113.4
2.4	Mental Health	71,785	69,697	26.4	17.1
TOTAL		14,374,979	15,548,901	3,365.8	3,382.7

1997-98 Sub-program Estimate as % of Program outlays (GIF 6KB)

Map from program to organisation structure

Program	Sub-program	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 Review Scheme
	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
			Health Insurance Development
		Private Health Insurance Complaints Commissioner
		Health Insurance Commission
	2.4 Mental Health	Health Services Development	Mental Health

Shading indicates Portfolio Agencies which report separately