SA ahead of the states
February 1, 2012
THE 2012 Report on Government
Services has revealed that that
South Australia spends more on
health than any other state, with
recurrent health spending of
$4,140 per person.
“In 2009, South Australia
employed 323 full-time equivalent
(FTE) medical practitioners per
100,000 people, significantly more
than the national rate of 311,” said
SA Health Minister, John Hill.
The report, which looked at
figures between 2009-10 also
found that during the period, SA’s
nursing workforce grew six percent
as compared with the national
average of two percent.
Interestingly, the SA was also
found to have the second highest
rate of full-time mental health
professional direct care staff, with
123.5 per 100,000 people in 09/10.
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