Better health and ageing for all Australians

Mental health needs and expenditure in Australia

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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Philip Burgess, Mental Health Research Institute
Jane Pirkis, Centre for Health Program Evaluation, University of Melbourne
Bill Buckingham, Buckingham and Associates
Jane Burns, Centre for Adolescent Health
Kathy Eagar, Centre for Health Services Development, University of Wollongong
Gary Eckstein, Essential Equity

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Suggested reference

Burgess et al., 2002, Mental Health Needs and Expenditure in Australia, Mental Health and Special Programs Branch, Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra.

Acknowledgments

The authors would like to acknowledge the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing, Mental Health and Special Programs Branch, for providing the funding to undertake this project, together with the Australian Bureau of Statistics and the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare for some definitions used in the Glossary.

Special thanks to Mr Adam Clarke (Principal, Strategic Data), Mr Murray Clayton and Ms Liza Hopkins for their technical assistance. Thanks are also due to Professor Gavin Andrews, Dr Graham Meadows and Professor Harvey Whiteford for their invaluable comments on an earlier version of this report.

The opinions expressed in this report are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing. Top of page

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Mental Health and Special Programs Branch
Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
GPO Box 9848
Canberra ACT 2601
Phone: 1800 066 247
Facsimile: 1800 634 400

Mental health website (www.mentalhealth.gov.au)

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