Private health insurance expenditure 2015–16
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AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2018) Private health insurance expenditure 2015–16, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 28 November 2023.
APA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2018). Private health insurance expenditure 2015–16. Canberra: AIHW.
MLA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Private health insurance expenditure 2015–16. AIHW, 2018.
Vancouver
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Private health insurance expenditure 2015–16. Canberra: AIHW; 2018.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2018, Private health insurance expenditure 2015–16, AIHW, Canberra.
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This report looks at how health expenditure in Australia is paid for by individuals through private health insurance. Individuals use private health insurance to fund healthcare not funded by the public health system, and offset their out-of-pocket costs. This includes an overview of:
- what private health insurance is
- who has private health insurance
- how much was spent on rebates
- what services private health insurance and individuals funded in 2015–16
- how this has changed in the past decade.
- Cat. no: HWE 70