We developed an Australianised version of Synthea. Synthea is a synthetic data generation software that uses publicly available population aggregate statistics such as demographics, disease prevalence and incidence rates, and health reports. Synthea generates data based on manually curated models of clinical workflows and disease progression that cover a patient’s entire life and does not use real patient data; guaranteeing a completely synthetic dataset. We generated 117,258 synthetic patients from Queensland.

These are free text responses from Australian healthcare workers captured during a campaign advocating for better work, health and safety standards during the COVID-19 pandemic. They have been redacted in parts to preserve anonymity. These stories accompany a publication by Ananda-Rajah et al in BMJ Leader, 2020.

Historical dataset showing Australia healthcare spending per capita by year from 2000 to 2022.

According to a January 2025 survey conducted among Australians regarding their sentiments toward artificial intelligence (AI), the leading AI use cases to enhance healthcare services that respondents felt comfortable with were the prediction of potential individual health issues and remote patient monitoring. Just over ** percent of those surveyed felt comfortable with AI being used to analyze genetic data points to predict risks for certain medical conditions.

Introduction

Introducing the Australian English Scripted Monologue Speech Dataset for the Healthcare Domain, a voice dataset built to accelerate the development and deployment of English language automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems, with a sharp focus on real-world healthcare interactions.

Speech Data

This dataset includes over 6,000 high-quality scripted audio prompts recorded in Australian English, representing typical voice interactions found in the healthcare industry. The data is tailored for use in voice technology systems that power virtual assistants, patient-facing AI tools, and intelligent customer service platforms.

Topic Coverage

The prompts span a broad range of healthcare-specific interactions, such as:

Contextual Depth

To maximize authenticity, the prompts integrate linguistic elements and healthcare-specific terms such as:

These elements make the dataset exceptionally suited for training AI systems to understand and respond to natural healthcare-related speech patterns.

Transcription

Every audio recording is accompanied by a verbatim, manually verified transcription.

The gross value added (GVA) of the health care and social assistance industry in Australia amounted to around 169 billion Australian dollars in 2022. The economic contribution of this industry has seen continuous growth over the past decade.

This data collection contains de-identified clinical health service utilisation data from Bendigo Health and the General Practitioners Practices associated with the Loddon Mallee Murray Medicare Local. The collection also includes associated population health data from the ABS, AIHW and the Municipal Health Plans. Health researchers have a major interest in how clinical data can be used to monitor population health and health care in rural and regional Australia through analysing a broad range of factors shown to impact the health of different populations. The Population Health data collection provides students, managers, clinicians and researchers the opportunity to use clinical data in the study of population health, including the analysis of health risk factors, disease trends and health care utilisation and outcomes.Temporal range (data time period):2004 to 2014Spatial coverage:Bendigo Latitude -36.758711200000010000, Bendigo Longitude 144.283745899999990000

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GlobalData, the industry analysis specialist, has released its latest report: “Australia – Healthcare, Regulatory and Reimbursement Landscape”. The report is an essential source of information on analysis of the healthcare, regulatory and reimbursement landscape in Australia. It identifies the key trends in the country’s healthcare market and provides insights into its demographic, regulatory and reimbursement landscape, and healthcare infrastructure. Most importantly, the report provides valuable insights into the trends and segmentation of its pharmaceutical and medical device markets. It uses data and information sourced from proprietary databases, secondary research, and in-house analysis by GlobalData’s team of industry experts.
The Australian pharmaceutical market is one of the most developed markets in the Asia-Pacific region. It is jointly run by all levels of the Australian government – federal, state and territorial, and local. The growth in the pharmaceutical market is attributed to the growing and aging population, excellent access to medicines, rapidly improving economy, faster-developing technologies, and chronic and lifestyle diseases. Australia’s pharmaceutical market, based on production value, increased from AUD11.82B in 2013 to AUD15.56B in 2019 at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 4.69%. In terms of US Dollars, the market decreased from $11.41B in 2013 to $10.82B in 2019 at a negative CAGR of 0.89%. It is forecast to reach about $10.16B in 2026. The medical devices market of Australia was valued at $6.19B in 2016, which increased to $7.63B in 2020 at a CAGR of 5.37%. It is expected to grow to $10.32B in 2027. Read More

Introduction

This Australian English Call Center Speech Dataset for the Healthcare industry is purpose-built to accelerate the development of English speech recognition, spoken language understanding, and conversational AI systems. With 40 Hours of unscripted, real-world conversations, it delivers the linguistic and contextual depth needed to build high-performance ASR models for medical and wellness-related customer service.

Created by FutureBeeAI, this dataset empowers voice AI teams, NLP researchers, and data scientists to develop domain-specific models for hospitals, clinics, insurance providers, and telemedicine platforms.

Speech Data

The dataset features 40 Hours of dual-channel call center conversations between native Australian English speakers. These recordings cover a variety of healthcare support topics, enabling the development of speech technologies that are contextually aware and linguistically rich.

Topic Diversity

The dataset spans inbound and outbound calls, capturing a broad range of healthcare-specific interactions and sentiment types (positive, neutral, negative).

These real-world interactions help build speech models that understand healthcare domain nuances and user intent.

Transcription

Every audio file is accompanied by high-quality, manually created transcriptions in JSON format.

Metadata

Each conversation and speaker includes detailed metadata to support fine-tuned training and analysis.

Usage and Applications

This dataset can be used across a range of healthcare and voice AI use cases:

The Health Services subdivision encompasses various health facilities and services. General hospitals generate more than half Australia's health services revenue. Other key revenue sources include general practitioners (GPs), clinical specialists and dentists. While demand for health services has surged in response to Australia’s ageing population, the pandemic created mixed demand within healthcare industries. Pathology services experienced strong revenue growth during 2020-21, whereas psychiatric hospital revenue dropped during the same period. In 2024, service provision has recovered as healthcare systems adapt to the ongoing challenges, including the integration of telehealth. This technological advancement, along with improved access to services, is expected to provide a steady boost to revenue. Revenue in this subdivision is expected to have expanded at an annualised 0.5% over the five years through 2024-25 to $217.3 billion. While the pandemic initially disrupted services and redirected resources, the only significant revenue drop occurred in 2022-23, when cost-of-living pressures and the lingering effects of the pandemic, including workforce shortages and healthcare disruptions, negatively impacted the subdivision. Despite these setbacks, revenue is projected to climb 1.0% in 2024-25, spurred by an ageing population and ongoing demand for healthcare services. Profit margins have shrunk over the past few years, tied closely to rising wage costs throughout the Health Services subdivision. Over the coming years, Australia's ageing population will continue driving demand for health services. The recent re-indexation of Medicare rebates for services provided by general practitioners, specialists and diagnostic imaging will support revenue growth in these areas. An increasing number of Australians are taking out private health insurance for hospitals and general treatment, strengthening the provision of private healthcare services. In addition to greater uptake of private coverage, expanded federal funding for Medicare is a key driver in why revenue for the Health Services subdivision is projected to grow at an annualised 3.0% over the five years through 2029-30 to $251.3 billion, highlighting the need for strategic planning and resource allocation.

Australia has some of the best health outcomes in the world with low infant mortality rates and a high life expectancy, even compared with other developed countries. About ** percent of Australia’s GDP is spent on health, which amounted to about *** billion Australian dollars in the financial year 2023. Australia’s spending on health also includes the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), which subsidizes the cost of essential medicines and Medicare, Australia’s universal public health insurance. Medicare, Australia’s universal health careIntroduced in 1984, Medicare is a federal government health care scheme that fully funds or subsidizes medical services, public hospital care, and selected medicines for Australian residents. In 2024, **** billion Australian dollars were spent on Medicare benefit payments, including over ** billion Australian dollars on subsidized medications thought the associated PBS. Despite universal access to public health insurance, Australians are still concerned about additional health care costs. A significant proportion of Australians still choose to insure themselves privately, with a 2024 report finding that around ** percent had private health insurance in the country. Public hospital care The Australian public hospital funding represents the largest component of health spending and is administered through the state and territory governments. In 2023, public hospital services saw an increase in overall health expenditure at a rate of *** percent on the previous year. Public hospitals usually offer a comprehensive range of services and are generally more widely accessible than private hospital care but despite the relatively high quality of public hospital care, wait times for certain treatments can be long and some Australians choose private hospital care for certain elective surgeries and more choice over their health care professionals.

Australia Employment: Males: Health Care & Social Assistance: Medical & Other Health Care Services data was reported at 181.776 Person th in Feb 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 198.415 Person th for Nov 2024. Australia Employment: Males: Health Care & Social Assistance: Medical & Other Health Care Services data is updated quarterly, averaging 76.953 Person th from Nov 1984 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 162 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 198.415 Person th in Nov 2024 and a record low of 40.282 Person th in May 1985. Australia Employment: Males: Health Care & Social Assistance: Medical & Other Health Care Services data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.G023: Employment: by Sex and by Industry.

Australia Consumer Price Index (CPI): Weights: Health: Medical, Dental & Hospital Service: Hospital & Medical Services data was reported at 5.032 % in Sep 2025. This stayed constant from the previous number of 5.032 % for Jun 2025. Australia Consumer Price Index (CPI): Weights: Health: Medical, Dental & Hospital Service: Hospital & Medical Services data is updated quarterly, averaging 4.440 % from Sep 2017 (Median) to Sep 2025, with 33 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5.032 % in Sep 2025 and a record low of 3.730 % in Sep 2019. Australia Consumer Price Index (CPI): Weights: Health: Medical, Dental & Hospital Service: Hospital & Medical Services data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.I: Consumer Price Index: Weights: 17th Series.

AimsOur study aimed to identify the common themes, knowledge gaps and to evaluate the quality of data linkage research on diabetes in Australia.MethodsThis systematic review was developed in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (the PRISMA Statement). Six biomedical databases and the Australian Population Health Research Network (PHRN) website were searched. A narrative synthesis was conducted to comprehensively identify the common themes and knowledge gaps. The guidelines for studies involving data linkage were used to appraise methodological quality of included studies.ResultsAfter screening and hand-searching, 118 studies were included in the final analysis. Data linkage publications confirmed negative health outcomes in people with diabetes, reported risk factors for diabetes and its complications, and found an inverse association between primary care use and hospitalization. Linked data were used to validate data sources and diabetes instruments. There were limited publications investigating healthcare expenditure and adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in people with diabetes. Regarding methodological assessment, important information about the linkage performed was under-reported in included studies.ConclusionsIn the future, more up to date data linkage research addressing costs of diabetes and its complications in a contemporary Australian setting, as well as research assessing ADRs of recently approved antidiabetic medications, are required.

Employment: Australian Capital Territory: Health Care and Social Assistance data was reported at 35.782 Person th in Feb 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 37.746 Person th for Nov 2024. Employment: Australian Capital Territory: Health Care and Social Assistance data is updated quarterly, averaging 16.557 Person th from Nov 1984 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 162 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 37.746 Person th in Nov 2024 and a record low of 6.104 Person th in Nov 1984. Employment: Australian Capital Territory: Health Care and Social Assistance data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.G022: Employment: by State and by Industry.

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Comprehensive dataset containing 2,370 verified Home health care service businesses in Australia with complete contact information, ratings, reviews, and location data.

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There is limited research on speech-language pathology (SLP) weekend service provision across Australian healthcare services. Therefore, this study aimed to examine weekend SLP services in Australian healthcare services and explore SLP manager perspectives regarding the provision of these services. A mixedmethods, cross-sectional survey design was employed. SLP managers (or their facility representatives) from Australian healthcare services completed the survey. Quantitative data were analysed using descriptive statistics and qualitative data using qualitative content analysis. Data from 67 participants were analysed. More than half of the participants’ facilities (n = 39, 58.2%) provided a weekend speech pathology service. Most of these facilities were publicly funded (n = 62, 92.5%) and located in metropolitan areas (n = 41, 61.2%). Nearly two-thirds of facilities employed a dedicated speech-language pathologist for weekend service provision (n = 25/38, 65.8%). Service eligibility criteria were highly variable across sites. More than half (n = 37, 52.2%) of participants predicted a future need for increased weekend SLP services to service subacute wards and to enable access to senior clinicians. There is variability in weekend SLP service provision, eligibility criteria, and staffing profiles in healthcare facilities around Australia. Further research is required to understand how to inform optimal service delivery models for equitable client care and determine the value of weekend SLP services.