Australian Health Care Agreements

The Australian Health Care Agreements are bilateral five-year agreements between the Australian Government and each state and territory. They are vehicles for the Government to provide significant funding to assist the states and territories to provide free public hospital services to the Australian community.

The State of Our Public Hospitals, June 2008 Report provides a snapshot of public hospital activity in 2006-07. The State of Our Public Hospitals report includes a focus on Indigenous Australians in hospitals and includes a feature chapter titled State and Territory Public Hospital Performance Reporting.