Better health and ageing for all Australians

Australian Health Care Agreements

The State of our Public Hospitals - all reports

Under the Australian Health Care Agreements, the Australian Government is responsible for publishing an annual report on the performance of public hospitals in each state and territory. Current and previous editions of the report can be accessed in electronic format from the links below:

The state of our public hospitals, June 2009 report describes the performance of public and private hospitals in 2007-08 and includes chapters on national hospital reform activities, Indigenous Australians in hospitals, maternity services in Australian hospitals and state and territory public hospital performance reporting.


Previous state of our public hospital reports:

The state of our public hospitals, June 2008 report

The state of our public hospitals, June 2007 report

The state of our public hospitals, June 2006 report

The state of our public hospitals, June 2005 report

The state of our public hospitals, June 2004 report


Printed copies of current and previous editions can be obtained by emailing a request to state.of.our.public.hospitals@health.gov.au