❓ Hon Tom Stephens asks about the source of a statement regarding WA's high per capita health expenditure and requests expenditure data for all states. Hon Peter Foss responds, citing the Commonwealth Grants Commission report but notes that the latest available data is from 1998-99.
AnsweredQoN 12Legislative Council
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I refer to a statement made in the Administrator's speech that Western Australia has the highest per capita health expenditure of all the States. (1) What is the source of the information? (2) What is the per capita health expenditure of each of the States in 1999-2000 and 2000-01? (3) What is the per capita health operating expenditure of each of the States in 1999-2000 and 2000-01? Hon PETER FOSS
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) The source is the Commonwealth Grants Commission's "Report on General Revenue Grant Relativities: 2000 Update". The latest state comparison figures provided in the publication are for 1998-99. They show that in 1998-99 Western Australia had the highest per capita actual health expenditure of any State, with per capita expenditure exceeded only by the Northern Territory. The Grants Commission figures show that per capita expenditure in Western Australia was $1 005.92 per person, 12 per cent higher than the national average of $896.31 per person. No figures are yet available for 1999-2000 and 2000-01.
(1) What is the source of the information? (2) What is the per capita health expenditure of each of the States in 1999-2000 and 2000-01? (3) What is the per capita health operating expenditure of each of the States in 1999-2000 and 2000-01? Hon PETER FOSS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) The source is the Commonwealth Grants Commission's "Report on General Revenue Grant Relativities: 2000 Update". The latest state comparison figures provided in the publication are for 1998-99. They show that in 1998-99 Western Australia had the highest per capita actual health expenditure of any State, with per capita expenditure exceeded only by the Northern Territory. The Grants Commission figures show that per capita expenditure in Western Australia was $1 005.92 per person, 12 per cent higher than the national average of $896.31 per person. No figures are yet available for 1999-2000 and 2000-01.
(2) What is the per capita health expenditure of each of the States in 1999-2000 and 2000-01? (3) What is the per capita health operating expenditure of each of the States in 1999-2000 and 2000-01? Hon PETER FOSS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) The source is the Commonwealth Grants Commission's "Report on General Revenue Grant Relativities: 2000 Update". The latest state comparison figures provided in the publication are for 1998-99. They show that in 1998-99 Western Australia had the highest per capita actual health expenditure of any State, with per capita expenditure exceeded only by the Northern Territory. The Grants Commission figures show that per capita expenditure in Western Australia was $1 005.92 per person, 12 per cent higher than the national average of $896.31 per person. No figures are yet available for 1999-2000 and 2000-01.
(3) What is the per capita health operating expenditure of each of the States in 1999-2000 and 2000-01? Hon PETER FOSS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) The source is the Commonwealth Grants Commission's "Report on General Revenue Grant Relativities: 2000 Update". The latest state comparison figures provided in the publication are for 1998-99. They show that in 1998-99 Western Australia had the highest per capita actual health expenditure of any State, with per capita expenditure exceeded only by the Northern Territory. The Grants Commission figures show that per capita expenditure in Western Australia was $1 005.92 per person, 12 per cent higher than the national average of $896.31 per person. No figures are yet available for 1999-2000 and 2000-01.
Hon PETER FOSS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) The source is the Commonwealth Grants Commission's "Report on General Revenue Grant Relativities: 2000 Update". The latest state comparison figures provided in the publication are for 1998-99. They show that in 1998-99 Western Australia had the highest per capita actual health expenditure of any State, with per capita expenditure exceeded only by the Northern Territory. The Grants Commission figures show that per capita expenditure in Western Australia was $1 005.92 per person, 12 per cent higher than the national average of $896.31 per person. No figures are yet available for 1999-2000 and 2000-01.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) The source is the Commonwealth Grants Commission's "Report on General Revenue Grant Relativities: 2000 Update". The latest state comparison figures provided in the publication are for 1998-99. They show that in 1998-99 Western Australia had the highest per capita actual health expenditure of any State, with per capita expenditure exceeded only by the Northern Territory. The Grants Commission figures show that per capita expenditure in Western Australia was $1 005.92 per person, 12 per cent higher than the national average of $896.31 per person. No figures are yet available for 1999-2000 and 2000-01.
(1)-(3) The source is the Commonwealth Grants Commission's "Report on General Revenue Grant Relativities: 2000 Update". The latest state comparison figures provided in the publication are for 1998-99. They show that in 1998-99 Western Australia had the highest per capita actual health expenditure of any State, with per capita expenditure exceeded only by the Northern Territory. The Grants Commission figures show that per capita expenditure in Western Australia was $1 005.92 per person, 12 per cent higher than the national average of $896.31 per person. No figures are yet available for 1999-2000 and 2000-01.
(1) What is the source of the information? (2) What is the per capita health expenditure of each of the States in 1999-2000 and 2000-01? (3) What is the per capita health operating expenditure of each of the States in 1999-2000 and 2000-01? Hon PETER FOSS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) The source is the Commonwealth Grants Commission's "Report on General Revenue Grant Relativities: 2000 Update". The latest state comparison figures provided in the publication are for 1998-99. They show that in 1998-99 Western Australia had the highest per capita actual health expenditure of any State, with per capita expenditure exceeded only by the Northern Territory. The Grants Commission figures show that per capita expenditure in Western Australia was $1 005.92 per person, 12 per cent higher than the national average of $896.31 per person. No figures are yet available for 1999-2000 and 2000-01.
(2) What is the per capita health expenditure of each of the States in 1999-2000 and 2000-01? (3) What is the per capita health operating expenditure of each of the States in 1999-2000 and 2000-01? Hon PETER FOSS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) The source is the Commonwealth Grants Commission's "Report on General Revenue Grant Relativities: 2000 Update". The latest state comparison figures provided in the publication are for 1998-99. They show that in 1998-99 Western Australia had the highest per capita actual health expenditure of any State, with per capita expenditure exceeded only by the Northern Territory. The Grants Commission figures show that per capita expenditure in Western Australia was $1 005.92 per person, 12 per cent higher than the national average of $896.31 per person. No figures are yet available for 1999-2000 and 2000-01.
(3) What is the per capita health operating expenditure of each of the States in 1999-2000 and 2000-01? Hon PETER FOSS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) The source is the Commonwealth Grants Commission's "Report on General Revenue Grant Relativities: 2000 Update". The latest state comparison figures provided in the publication are for 1998-99. They show that in 1998-99 Western Australia had the highest per capita actual health expenditure of any State, with per capita expenditure exceeded only by the Northern Territory. The Grants Commission figures show that per capita expenditure in Western Australia was $1 005.92 per person, 12 per cent higher than the national average of $896.31 per person. No figures are yet available for 1999-2000 and 2000-01.
Hon PETER FOSS replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) The source is the Commonwealth Grants Commission's "Report on General Revenue Grant Relativities: 2000 Update". The latest state comparison figures provided in the publication are for 1998-99. They show that in 1998-99 Western Australia had the highest per capita actual health expenditure of any State, with per capita expenditure exceeded only by the Northern Territory. The Grants Commission figures show that per capita expenditure in Western Australia was $1 005.92 per person, 12 per cent higher than the national average of $896.31 per person. No figures are yet available for 1999-2000 and 2000-01.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(3) The source is the Commonwealth Grants Commission's "Report on General Revenue Grant Relativities: 2000 Update". The latest state comparison figures provided in the publication are for 1998-99. They show that in 1998-99 Western Australia had the highest per capita actual health expenditure of any State, with per capita expenditure exceeded only by the Northern Territory. The Grants Commission figures show that per capita expenditure in Western Australia was $1 005.92 per person, 12 per cent higher than the national average of $896.31 per person. No figures are yet available for 1999-2000 and 2000-01.
(1)-(3) The source is the Commonwealth Grants Commission's "Report on General Revenue Grant Relativities: 2000 Update". The latest state comparison figures provided in the publication are for 1998-99. They show that in 1998-99 Western Australia had the highest per capita actual health expenditure of any State, with per capita expenditure exceeded only by the Northern Territory. The Grants Commission figures show that per capita expenditure in Western Australia was $1 005.92 per person, 12 per cent higher than the national average of $896.31 per person. No figures are yet available for 1999-2000 and 2000-01.
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