Chapter 10-11 Flashcards
Medicare - Def
Australia’s universal healthcare insurance scheme.
Aims to provide access to basic healthcare in the public sector.
Medicare - General Taxations
Income collected through general taxation tax of all Australians.
Medicare - Advantages
Reduces cost of essential medical services.
Available to all Australians
Choice of doctor outside of hospitals.
Medicare - Disadvantages
Waiting lists for treatments.
No choice of doctor in hospital.
Often doesn’t cover full cost of doctor visits.
Medicare - Covered
X-rays.
Eye tests.
Some dental for children.
Procedures performed by GP’s.
Medicare - Not Covered
Treatment in private hospitals.
Alternative treatments.
Ambulance services.
Private Health Insurance - Def
Type of insurance where members pay a premium in return for payment for health-related costs not covered by Medicare.
Private Health Insurance - Lifetime Cover
A 2% surcharge for ever year an individual does not take out private health ionsurance after the age of 30.
Private Health Insurance - Levy Surcharge
1% to 1.5% levy surcharge for high income earners who don’t have private health insurance.
Priavte Health Insurance - Rebate
Policy holders recieve a 30% refund on their premiums for private health insurance.
Private Health Insurance - Advantages
Enable access to private hospitals.
Shorter waiting lists.
Choice of doctor in hospitals.
Private Health Insurance - Disadvantages
Expensive.
Pay the GAP.
Qualifying periods apply for some conditions.
PBS - Def
Key component of the federal governments contribution tot he health system. Subsideses most prescriptions medicines bought at the pharmacy.
PBS - Advantages
Subsidises the cost of prescription medication.
Lower cost if you have a concession card.
Over 5000 brands of medicine is covered.
PBS - Disadvantages
Not everything is covered.
Medications are only subsidised for specific therapuetic use.
May have to pay more than the co-payment for prescriptions.
Community Services - Maternal/Child Health Services
PH&WB: Records children’s growth and developmental progress until 3.5 years.
SH&WB: Mothers groups.
MH&WB: Mother can express concerns and gain knowledge - reduce stress and anxiety.
Community Services - Sports Clubs
PH&WB: Promotes exercise, healthy weight, cardiovascular health, well-functioning immune system.
SH&WB: Communication between teammates, teachers, coaches.
EH&WB: Learn resilience, appropriate expression of emotions.
MH&WB: Share issues with teammates that reduce stress/anxiety.
SH&WB: Sense of belonging. Shapes identity.
Community Services - Places Of Worship
SH&WB: Share opinions, values, beliefs.
MH&WB: Emotional support reduce stress and anxiety.
SH&WB: Sense of belonging. Provide purpose/meaning.
R&R - Def
Rights: Moral/Legal entitilement to have or do something.
Responsibility: Accountable for something within one’s control.
R&R - Rights
Access: Rights to services that address healthcare needs.
Safety: Recieve safe, high quality services with care, skill, competence.
Respect: Care shows respect to culture, beliefs, values.
Communication: Informed about services, treatment, options, costs.
Participation: Included in decisions/choices about care/planning.
Privacy: Privacy/Confidentiality is maintained and proper handling of personal health/info is assured.
Comment: Can comment/complain about care and have concerns dealt with.
R&R - Responsibilities
Provide information about illnesses, hospitalisations, medications, and other matters with health history.
Treat medical staff with respect.
Ask questions about costs before treatment.
Factors - Location
Def: About 1/3 of the population lives in rural areas.
Inc/Dec: Lower number of doctors, hospitals. Difficulty accessinh healthcare.Reduced availability of technology for diagnosis/treatment.
PH&WB: Prevent diagnosis and treatment.
EH&WB: Stress of travelling.
SH&WB: Time taken away from work/family.
Factors - SES
Def: Position in society in relation to others, income, occupation, education.
Inc/Dec: Costs of healthcare. Private healthcare is expensive.
PH&WB: 1.3mil delayed treatment due to cost, can cause health to deteriorate, can lead to further health conditions.
MH&WB: May need to take time off work if they don’t have sick leave and they don’t get paid.
Factors - Literacy
Def: Affect access to services/info. Ability to obtain, process, understand health info/services.
Inc/Dec: Low levels associated with low rates of preventative health approaches.
PH&WB: Unable to access info/services which dely treatment. Can lead to pain or psychological distress.
