Table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • Title page
    • Verso title page
    • Transmittal letter
    • Editorial team, contributors and referees
    • Contents
    • Preface
  • Chapters
    1. Introduction
      1. Health and its determinants
      2. The role of health information
    2. The health of Australians
      1. Mortality
      2. Diseases and illness
      3. Disability and handicap
    3. The health of subpopulations
      1. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
      2. Rural and remote populations
      3. Overseas-born persons
      4. Mothers and infants
      5. Children and young adults
      6. Older people
    4. National health priorities
      1. National Health Priority Areas
      2. Cardiovascular health
      3. Cancer control
      4. Injury prevention and control
      5. Mental health
      6. Diabetes
    5. Developments in public health
      1. Communicable diseases
      2. Childhood immunisation
      3. Asthma
      4. Oral health
      5. Nutrition
      6. Risk factors for disease
    6. Health services delivery, costs and performance
      1. Structure and administration of health services in Australia
      2. Health services funding and expenditure
      3. Private health insurance
      4. Health workforce
      5. Institutional health services
      6. Cost performance in the hospital sector
      7. Cost of diseases
    7. Health services use and access
      1. Use of hospitals
      2. Access to hospital services
      3. Quality and effectiveness of hospital services
      4. Use of private medical services
      5. Use of dental services
      6. Use of medications
    8. Developments in health information
      1. What is national health information and why is it needed?
      2. Structures and data development processes for national health information
      3. Progress and challenges in national health information
      4. Gaps and deficiencies in health statistics
  • End matter
    • Statistical tables
      • Population
      • Fertility and pregnancy
      • Mortality
      • Infectious diseases
      • Cancer
      • Dental health
      • Smoking
      • Use of hospitals
      • Health expenditure
      • Health labour force
      • Use of professional services
      • National Health Priority Areas
    • Methods and conventions
    • Abbreviations
    • Glossary
    • Index