Appendix 3: Changes to expenditure on the Primary Health Care Strategy from 2002/03 to 2007/08

Ministry of Health: Monitoring the progress of the Primary Health Care Strategy.

Financial year
Subsidy or initiative 2002/03
($m)
2003/04
($m)
2004/05
($m)
2005/06
($m)
2006/07
($m)
2007/08
($m)
Total
($m
excl.GST)
First Contact General Medical (net Fee For Service claims and old capitation pays) 43.7 199.1 326.2 357.2 428.7 487.5 1,842.4
164.4 95.7 27.5 15.5 14.6 13.1 330.8
Health Promotion 0.8 3.6 6.3 7.3 8.1 8.5 34.6
Other items 8.0 35.6 27.1 26.2 27.6 43.6 168.1
PHO Management Fees 2.7 14.3 23.8 25.6 26.8 27.9 121.1
Services to Improve Access 6.4 22.7 28.9 32.1 35.5 37.7 163.3
Pharmaceutical - 7.9 58.0 68.8 110.8 138.1 383.6
Laboratory - 0.7 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.3 13.0
Care Plus - - 7.5 14.3 21.3 27.2 70.3
PHO Performance Payments - - - 5.9 14.7 16.0 36.6
Very Low Cost Access - - - - 12.4 26.8 39.2
Zero Fees for Under 6s (new) - - - - - 3.2 3.2
Capitation manual adjustments (0.1) 0.2 6.2 (0.2) 1.6 2.5 10.2
Total 225.9 379.8 514.4 555.7 705.2 835.4 3,216.4

Source: Ministry of Health.

Notes: Figures have been rounded to the nearest $100,000. Figures include all adjustments made to preserve the value of funding and to adjust or transfer payments as needed to ensure that each entity receives the correct payments.

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