Abbreviations

ABF

Activity Based Funding

ABS

Australian Bureau of Statistics

ACT

Australian Capital Territory

ADF

Australian Defence Force

ADF

Australian Department of Defence

AIHW

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

ANHA

Australia’s National Health Accounts

ANHA

Australian National Health Account

APRA

Australian Prudential Regulation Authority

APS

Australian Public Services

ATO

Australian Taxation Office

COFOG Classification of the Functions of Government
COICOP Classification of Individual Consumption According to Purpose
CPAP Chemotherapy Pharmaceutical Access Program

CTPI

Compulsory Third Party Insurance

DoH

Department of Health

DVA

Department of Veterans’ Affairs

ETF

Economic type framework

GDP

gross domestic product

GFCE

government final consumption expenditure

GFCF

Gross Fixed Capital Formation

GFS Government Finance Statistics

GHE NMDS

Government Health Expenditure National Minimum Data Set

GNE

gross national expenditure

GP

general practitioner

GST

goods and services tax

HEA

Health expenditure Australia

HEAC

Health Expenditure Advisory Committee

HED

AIHW Health Expenditure Database

HFCE

household final consumption expenditure

HSD

highly specialised drug

IHPA

Independent Hospital Pricing Authority

IPD

implicit price deflator

IRI

Information Resources Incorporated

LHN

Local health network

MBS

Medicare Benefits Schedule

MRCA

Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004

NHA

National Health Act 1953

NHFB

National Health Funding Body

NHFP

National Health Funding Pool

NHMRC

National Health and Medical Research Council

NHR

National Health Reform

NHRA

National Health Reform Agreement

NPA

National Partnership Agreement

NPCR

National Partnership on COVID-19 Response

NPP

National Partnership Payment

NSW

New South Wales

NT

Northern Territory

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

PBS

Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme

PHC

primary health care

PHDB

Private Hospital Data Bureau

PHEC

Private Health Establishments Collection

PHI

private health insurance

PPE Personal protective equipment

Qld

Queensland

RPBS

Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme

SA

South Australia

SHA

System of Health Accounts

SRCA

Safety Rehabilitation Compensation Act 1988

Tas

Tasmania

Vic

Victoria

WA

Western Australia