The responsibility of primary health care in Australia falls to the responsibility of the government, however health care is provided by both the government and private entities. The once mainly publicly-funded healthcare has grown into parallel system with those who can afford buying third part insurance. The government is responsible for subsidies and registers.
Life Expectancy |
80.5 |
Infant Mortality Rate |
5.0 |
Physicians per 1000 people |
2.47 |
Nurses over 1000 people |
9.71 |
Expenditure on health per capita USD |
2,519 |
Healthcare cost as a % of GDP |
9.5 |
% of government revenue spent on health |
17.7 |
% of health costs paid by the government |
67.5 |
[1] - CIA World factbook
[2] - World Health Organisation
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