AAP The Daily Telegraph December 18, 2009

“AROUND $1.22 is spent on the health and aged care needs of every indigenous Australian for every dollar spent on non-indigenous people, a new report shows.

“Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians generally use more public hospital and community health services than non-indigenous Australians, but fewer medical, pharmaceutical, dental and other health services, which are mostly privately provided,” AIHW senior economist Damian O’Rourke said.”

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