AUSTRALIA spent over $180 billion on health in 2016-17, with the sector growing at its fastest rate in the last five years, according to a new Australian Institute of Health and Welfare report.
Almost 70% of total spending was funded by governments, with some of the increase attributed to higher PBS costs due to the $1.7 billion inclusion of new hepatitis C drugs.
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