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Organisation—purchase of goods and services, total Australian currency NNNNN.N

Data Element Attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element
Short name:Help on this termPurchase of goods and services
METEOR identifier:Help on this term359935
Registration status:Help on this term

Health, Standard 05/12/2007

Definition:Help on this term

Expenses of an organisation consisting mainly of purchases of goods and services, in Australian currency.

Data Element Concept:Help on this termOrganisation—purchase of goods and services
Value Domain:Help on this termTotal Australian currency NNNNN.N

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:Help on this termTotal
Data type:Help on this termCurrency
Format:Help on this termNNNNN.N
Maximum character length:Help on this term6
Unit of measure:Help on this termAustralian currency (AU$)

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term
Health Expenditure Advisory Committee

Data element attributes Help on this term

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

Expenses relating to purchases of goods and services are to be reported in millions to the nearest 100,000 e.g. $4,064,000 should be reported as $4.1 million.

When revenue from transactions are offset against expenses from transactions, the result equates to the net operating balance in accordance with  Australian Accounting Standards Board 1049 (September 2006).

Includes:

  • administrative expenses (excluding workers compensation premiums and payouts)
  • domestic services
  • drug supplies
  • food supplies
  • grants
  • medical and surgical supplies
  • patient transport
  • payments to visiting medical officers
  • repairs and maintenance
  • social benefits
  • subsidy expenses
  • other expenses (includes contracted care services purchased from private hospitals) 
Collection methods:Help on this term

Data are collected and nationally collated for the reporting period - the financial year ending 30th June each year.

In accounting terms, expenses are consumptions or losses of future economic benefits in the form of reductions in assets or increases in liabilities of the entity (other than those relating to distributions to owners) that result in a decrease in equity or net worth during the reporting period.

Expenses relating to purchases of goods and services are to be reported for the Health industry relevant organisation type and Typeof health and health related functions data elements.

Health industry relevant organisation type

State and territory health authorities are NOT to report the following codes:

Codes 106–109; 111; 115–119; 123; 201 and 203

Type of health and health related functions

State and territory health authorities are NOT to report the following codes:

Codes 199; 299; 303–305; 307; 499; 503–504; 599; 601–603; 688; 699

Comments:Help on this term

In accounting terms, expenses are consumptions or losses of future economic benefits in the form of reductions in assets or increases in liabilities of the entity (other than those relating to distributions to owners) that result in a decrease in equity or net worth during the reporting period.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term

Health Expenditure Advisory Committee

Origin:Help on this term

Australian Bureau of Statistics: Government Finance Statistics 1998, Cat. No. 5514.0.

Australian Bureau of Statistics 2006. Australian System of Government Finance Statistics: Concepts, sources and methods, 2005. Cat. no. 5514.0.55.001 Canberra: ABS.

Australian Accounting Standards Board 1049, September 2006, <www.aasb.gov.au>

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Is used in the formation of Organisation—expenses, total Australian currency NNNNN.N

        Health, Standard 05/12/2007

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term
Government health expenditure organisation expenditure data cluster

        Health, Superseded 01/04/2009


Government health expenditure organisation expenditure data element cluster

        Health, Superseded 04/12/2013


Government health expenditure organisation expenditure data element cluster

        Health, Standard 04/12/2013


Government health expenditure organisation expenditure purchase of goods and services data element cluster

        Health, Superseded 01/04/2009


Government health expenditure organisation expenditure purchase of goods and services data element cluster

        Health, Superseded 04/12/2013


Government health expenditure organisation expenditure purchase of goods and services data element cluster

        Health, Standard 04/12/2013


Implementation in Indicators:Help on this term
Used as Numerator
National Healthcare Agreement: P66-Public health program expenditure as a proportion of total health expenditure, 2010

        Health, Superseded 08/06/2011

National Healthcare Agreement: PI 66-Public health program expenditure as a proportion of total health expenditure, 2011

        Health, Superseded 31/10/2011

National Healthcare Agreement: PI 66-Public health program expenditure as a proportion of total recurrent health expenditure, 2012

        Health, Retired 25/06/2013

Used as Denominator
National Healthcare Agreement: P68-Proportion of health expenditure spent on health research and development, 2010

        Health, Superseded 08/06/2011

National Healthcare Agreement: PI 68-Proportion of health expenditure spent on health research and development, 2011

        Health, Superseded 31/10/2011

National Healthcare Agreement: PI 68-Proportion of recurrent health expenditure spent on health research and development, 2012

        Health, Retired 25/06/2013

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