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The report of a national study to align national mental health expenditure with need for services at the local government area level.
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Mental health needs and expenditure in Australia (PDF 719 KB large file)
The same publication in smaller sections:
Title page, copyright and foreword (PDF 14 KB)
Table of contents (PDF 42 KB)
Executive summary (PDF 18 KB)
1. Background (PDF 56 KB)
2. Method (PDF 30 KB)
3. What is the relationship between mental health need and sociodemographic characteristics at the individual level? (PDF 33 KB)
4. What is the relative distribution of mental health needs across areas? (PDF 57 KB)
5. What is the relative distribution of mental health expenditure across areas? (PDF 39 KB)
6. What is the relationship between mental health needs and mental health expenditure at the area level? (PDF 25 KB)
7. Conclusion (PDF 23 KB)
Reference material (PDF 34 KB)
Appendix 1 - SLA-area mapping: process (PDF 12 KB)
Appendix 2 - SLA-area mapping: results (PDF 202 KB)
Appendix 3 - Organisation-area mapping: results (PDF 148 KB)
Appendix 4 - List of statewide services distributed among AMHSs (PDF 22 KB)
Appendix 5 - Summary characteristics of the 76 area mental health services: need (PDF 17 KB)
Appendix 6 - Summary characteristics of the 76 area mental health services: expenditure (PDF 18 KB)
Appendix 7 - Weighted correlations among the needs and expenditure measures and the reliability of the needs estimates (PDF 13 KB)
To obtain a hard copy of this publication, please contact National Mailing and Marketing on (02) 6269 1080 or health@nationalmailing.com.au. The code for this publication is MH105.
Page last reviewed: 5 March 2013
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