Better health and ageing for all Australians

Australian Health Care Agreements

The State of our Public Hospitals - all reports

Under the 2003-08 Australian Health Care Agreements (extended until June 2009), the Australian Government publishes an annual report, the State of Our Public Hospitals, on the performance of public hospitals in the previous financial year.

State of Our Public Hospitals June 2010 reports on public hospital activity in the 2008-09 financial year. This year’s report also provides information on private hospital data where available, and includes chapters on hospital use by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and maternity services.

The State of Our Public Hospitals June 2010 report also includes an overview on how the public hospital system performed over the life of the Australian Health Care Agreements, and changes that have been introduced by the Australian Government since 2007.







Previous state of our public hospital reports:

The state of our public hospitals, June 2009 report

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