In financial year 2024, the total value of Medicare benefits that were paid in Australia amounted to just under 30 billion Australian dollars. Medicare provides eligible patients access to medical, optometry, hospital care, and other allied health services in Australia.
Total value of Medicare benefits paid in Australia from financial year 2014 to 2024
(in billion Australian dollars)
Australia's financial year runs from July 1 to June 30; for example, financial year 2017 starts on July 1, 2016 and ends on June 30, 2017.
Figures have been rounded.
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Services Australia. (October 14, 2024). Total value of Medicare benefits paid in Australia from financial year 2014 to 2024 (in billion Australian dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 13, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/702937/australia-medicare-benefit-payments/
Services Australia. "Total value of Medicare benefits paid in Australia from financial year 2014 to 2024 (in billion Australian dollars)." Chart. October 14, 2024. Statista. Accessed March 13, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/702937/australia-medicare-benefit-payments/
Services Australia. (2024). Total value of Medicare benefits paid in Australia from financial year 2014 to 2024 (in billion Australian dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 13, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/702937/australia-medicare-benefit-payments/
Services Australia. "Total Value of Medicare Benefits Paid in Australia from Financial Year 2014 to 2024 (in Billion Australian Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Oct 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/702937/australia-medicare-benefit-payments/
Services Australia, Total value of Medicare benefits paid in Australia from financial year 2014 to 2024 (in billion Australian dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/702937/australia-medicare-benefit-payments/ (last visited March 13, 2025)
Total value of Medicare benefits paid in Australia from financial year 2014 to 2024 (in billion Australian dollars) [Graph], Services Australia, October 14, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/702937/australia-medicare-benefit-payments/
