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Area of Study 2 - Health care in Australia
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Area of Study 2 - Health care in Australia
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- 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
- consultation fees for doctors, blood tests, examinations, x-rays and eye tests
- 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
- Out-of-hospital expenses
- Australia’s universal healthcare system is a reciprocal agreement that provides access to subsidised healthcare for doctors and specialist treatments
- 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
- 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
- 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
- about controlling the risk of disease entering the country
- 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
- Medicare
- State & territory governments
- Local Government
- Values
- CREASES
- Continuous
- Responsive
- Effective
- Sustainable
- Efficient
- Safe
- CREASES
- Federal Government
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- 11 Health & Human Development Mind Map on Area of Study 2 - Health care in Australia, created by Alice Collinge on 03/06/2015.
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