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Employment and Workplace Relations: Websites
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Senator Ronaldson
asked the Minister representing the Minister for Health and Ageing, upon notice, on 23 November 2009:
For the 2008-09 financial year, what is the department’s top 5 program:
(a) overspends and their costs; and
(b) underspends and their costs.
Senator Ludwig (Special Minister of State and Cabinet Secretary)
—The Minister for Health and Ageing has provided the following answer to the honourable senator’s question:
The Department of Health and Ageing top five program overspends in 2008-09 were:
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Program name |
2008-09 Budget1 $’000’s |
2008-09 Actual1 $’000’s |
Overspend Variance $’000’s |
|---|---|---|---|
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9.1 Private Health Insurance |
3,876,510 |
3,992,927 |
116,417 |
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3.1 Medicare Services |
14,119,772 |
14,200,153 |
80,381 |
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4.7 Flexible Aged Care |
405,474 |
431,090 |
25,616 |
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5.4 Primary Care Practice Incentives |
309,236 |
320,345 |
11,109 |
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4.4 Community Care |
1,395,876 |
1,405,346 |
9,470 |
The Department of Health and Ageing top five program underspends in 2008-09 were:
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Program name |
2008-09 Budget1 $’000’s |
2008-09 Actual1 $’000’s |
Underspend Variance $’000’s |
|---|---|---|---|
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2.2 Pharmaceuticals and Pharmaceutical Services |
7,892,563 |
7,832,617 |
-59,946 |
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13.2 Medical Indemnity |
91,600 |
43,269 |
-48,331 |
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14.1 Health Emergency Planning and Response |
129,081 |
86,047 |
-43,034 |
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5.2 Primary Care Financing, Quality and Access |
319,561 |
299,186 |
-20,375 |
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3.6 Targeted Assistance - Medical |
44,302 |
28,895 |
-15,407 |
Note: 1 ‘Budget’ and ‘Actual’ figures refer to the amounts published in the Department of Health and Ageing Annual Report 2008-09.