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Public Hospital Funding FY2025-26 Annual Summary

July 2025 to June 2026

These are nominal cash-basis payments through the National Health Funding Pool and State Managed Funds—not the complete cost of operating every public hospital. Values are not adjusted for inflation, and service-category charts do not cover every payment type.
State Share
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State Share — underlying chart data
State TerritoryPayment DollarsShare Percent
NSW$23,044,678,57227
VIC$20,897,183,03125
QLD$19,617,013,72523
WA$9,654,597,07211
SA$6,051,143,5097
TAS$2,234,880,0743
ACT$2,211,430,5043
NT$1,399,689,2092
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State Change From Previous Year
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State Change From Previous Year — underlying chart data
State TerritoryCurrent Payment DollarsShare PercentPrevious Payment DollarsChange DollarsChange Percent
NSW$23,044,678,57227$20,903,213,324$2,141,465,24810
WA$9,654,597,07211$8,825,765,145$828,831,9279
NT$1,399,689,2092$1,287,567,956$112,121,2539
TAS$2,234,880,0743$2,076,834,906$158,045,1688
QLD$19,617,013,72523$18,336,329,451$1,280,684,2747
ACT$2,211,430,5043$2,083,104,362$128,326,1426
SA$6,051,143,5097$5,757,487,405$293,656,1045
VIC$20,897,183,03125$19,917,119,108$980,063,9235
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Category Change From Previous Year
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Category Change From Previous Year — underlying chart data
Service CategoryCurrent Payment DollarsPrevious Payment DollarsChange Dollars
Community mental health$3,372,202,667$0$3,372,202,667
Acute admitted$43,394,309,480$40,389,540,602$3,004,768,878
Non-admitted$10,260,645,304$9,398,278,559$862,366,745
Sub-acute$4,613,056,532$3,846,202,945$766,853,587
Emergency department$9,835,508,526$9,104,424,734$731,083,792
Admitted mental health$3,779,179,262$3,297,066,196$482,113,066
Teaching, training and research$2,667,309,599$2,467,961,712$199,347,887
Highly Specialised Therapies$216,880,513$178,200,785$38,679,728
Small rural hospitals$2,933,774,301$2,961,958,789$-28,184,488
Other Mental Health$1,678,327,281$4,702,155,102$-3,023,827,821
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