1997-1998
Comparison of the 1996-97 and 1997-98 portfolio program structures
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.
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1996-97 structure | 1997-98 structure | Comments |
| 1 Public health
1.1 Public Health Development and Programmes 1.2 Health Regulation 1.3 Health Research and Information 1.4 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) | 1 Public health
1.1 Public Health Development and Programs 1.2 Health Regulation 1.3 Health Research and Information 1.4 AIHW | 1 Unchanged |
| 2 Health care and access
2.1 Medicare Benefits and General Practice Development 2.2 Pharmaceutical Benefits 2.3 Acute Care 2.4 Mental Health | 2 Health care and access
2.1 Medicare Benefits and General Practice Development 2.2 Pharmaceutical Benefits 2.3 Acute Care 2.4 Mental Health | 2.1 Unchanged
2.2 Unchanged 2.3 Home and Community Care for people needing acute care moved to 5.1 2.4 Unchanged |
| 3 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health | 3 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health | 3 Unchanged |
| 4 Family and children's services
4.1 Children's Services 4.2 Family Services 4.3 Australian Institute of Family Studies | 4 Family and children's services
4.1 Children's Services 4.2 Family Services 4.3 AIFS | 4.1 HIC funding ceases 31/12/97
4.2 Unchanged 4.3 Unchanged |
| 5 Aged and community care
5.1 Policy and Planning 5.2 Assessment 5.3 Home and Community Care for the Aged and Assistance for Carers 5.4 Quality Assurance and Accountability | 5 Aged and community care
5.1 Community Care and Support for Carers 5.2 Assessment 5.3 Residential Access and Quality 5.4 Standards Agency | 5.1 Includes all of previous 5.3, part of previous 5.1 (Healthy Seniors Initiative), all of previous 6.2 (HACC for people with a disability and part of previous 2.3 (HACC for palliative and acute care)
5.2 Unchanged 5.3 Includes all of previous 5.1 except Healthy Seniors Initiative, Dementia-specific Initiatives (now 5.1); all of previous 5.4 except Aged Care Standards Agency (now 5.4); repayments of nursing homes (NH) sales, repayments of NH & hostels capital, payments by compensable people, all from previous 5.1. 5.4 Was part of previous 5.4 |
| 6 Disability programs
6.1 Access and Participation by People with a Disability 6.2 Home and Community Care for People with a Disability 6.3 Rehabilitation 6.4 Australian Government Health Service 6.5 Hearing Services | 6 Disability programs
6.1 Employment Assistance 6.2 Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service 6.3 Commonwealth / State Disability Agreement 6.4 Access and Participation 6.5 Hearing Services | 6 HACC for People with a disability moved to 5.1; Australian Government Health Service (previous 6.4) now corporatised.
6.1 Part of previous 6.1 6.2 Unchanged from previous 6.3 6.3 Part of previous 6.1 6.4 Part of previous 6.1 6.5 Unchanged |
| 7 Corporate leadership and management
7.1 Executive Services 7.2 Corporate Services 7.3 Information Services | 7 Corporate leadership and management
7.1 Executive Services 7.2 Corporate Services 7.3 Information Services 7.4 Industry Development and International Health | 7.1 Unchanged
7.2 Includes Public Affairs (previously in 7.3) 7.3 Excludes Public Affairs (now in 7.2), Industry Development and International Health (now 7.4) 7.4 Previously in 7.3 |

