Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Area of Study 2 - Health care in Australia
- Dot point 3
- Federal Government
- Medicare
- Australia’s universal healthcare system
is a reciprocal agreement that provides
access to subsidised healthcare for
doctors and specialist treatments
- Out-of-hospital expenses
- consultation fees for doctors, blood tests,
examinations, x-rays and eye tests
- 100% of doctors services and 85% of
specialist services (difference called GAP)
- patients required to make co-payments
- In-hospital-expenses
- Co-payments vs
Bulk-billing
- Schedule fee: recommended
price – bulk billing means they
don’t go over the schedule fee
- Includes an out-of-pocket expenses
- Medicare
doesn't cover
- Cosmetic or unnecessary procedures, treatment in private
hospital, dental examinations , nursing care, ambulance
services, alternative medicines , health-related aids (glasses)
medical costs for which someone else is responsible
- Funding
- Incentives
- PBS
- is a federal government funded scheme that subsidises the cost of a
wide range of prescription medication, providing Australians with
access to necessary and cost-effective medicines at an affordable price
- People are more likely and
more able to access life-saving
medication therefore increases
life expectancy
- Quarantine
- about controlling the risk of
disease entering the country
- mandatory reporting of sick passengers , spraying inside cabins
of some planes before arrival in Aus., communicating overseas to
monitor patterns of diseases and infection patterns
- Funding
- Provides grants to the states and territories
to run hospitals and health services
- Regulation
- Overseeing regulations with regards to pharmaceutical goods
- Regulating the private health insurance industry
- Monitoring food and safety regulations
- State & territory governments
- Local Government
- Values
- CREASES
- Continuous
- Responsive
- Effective
- Sustainable
- Efficient
- Safe