ANALYSIS OF THE 2009-10 HEALTH BUDGET

Abstract

This analysis looks at the health and ageing and related provisions in the 2009-10 Commonwealth Budget in the context of current and past strategies, policies, programs and funding support. The opinions expressed are those of the author who takes sole responsibility for them and for any inadvertent errors. The Budget measures aimed at ‘Closing the Gap’ in Indigenous disadvantage have been analysed separately, are can be found on the website of the Menzies Centre for Health Policy, along with Budget analyses from previous years. The rounding errors for funds used in this paper are those used in the Budget Papers.