Table of contents

  • Letter  of Transmittal
  • Historical overview
    • The  first  Australians
    • The  impact  of  European colonisation
    • The  young  colony
    • The  established  colonies
    • Health  services: 1788  to 1900
    • National initiatives in the 20th  century
    • Australians in the 20th  century
  • What is health?
    • Health  indicators
    • Health  surveys
    • The  health  field concept
    • New  public  health
  • Mortality
    • Common measures  of mortality
    • Major  causes  of death
    • Age at death
  • Sickness  and disease
    • 1977-78  Australian  Health  Survey
    • Data  from  Medicare
    • 1983  Australian  Health  Survey  data
    • Data  from  hospital  admissions
    • Data  from  cancer  registries
    • Disabilities
    • AIDS  (Acquired Immune  Deficiency Syndrome)
  • Impact  of environment, society  and lifestyle
    • Causes of illness and death
    • Mortality  data
    • Risk factors
    • Distribution  of risk factors
    • Implications for prevention
  • Aboriginal health-a case  study
    • The  Aboriginal population
    • Health status
    • Fertility
    • Mortality
    • Sickness and disease
    • Medical and health services for Aborigines
    • Conclusions
  • Health  care  financing
    • Model of health care system
    • Health  expenditure  in Australia, 1985-86
    • Trends  in sources of funds
    • Allocation of health care funds
  • Use of health  services
    • Health insurance
    • Use of medical services
    • Use of hospitals and other institutions
    • Expenditure  on hospitals and other institutions
    • Drug  use
    • Use of services according to age
  • Non-financial  resources
    • Stock of institutional  resources 1985-86
    • The  health industry  labour force
    • Health  technologies
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix  A   Developments in health statistics
  • B   Institutional  services in Australia
  • C   Quality assurance
  • D Health care technologies
  • Acknowledgments
  • Glossary
  • Index of figures  and  tables
  • Index