Health care systems

Question 1

Australian health care is split into three parts

Answer 1

Primary health care
Secondary health care
Hospital (Tertiary)

Question 2

Primary health care

Answer 2

GP, Community health care services and centers

Question 3

Secondary health care

Answer 3

specialist services usually located in specialty clinics or within hospitals

Question 4

Hospitals (Tertiary) health care

Answer 4

Both public and private

provide acute and chronic care needs

Question 5

Funding through Australia’s government

Answer 5

Federal - medical services, pharmaceuticals, residential aged care
State/Territory - most acute and psychiatric hospital services, community and public health services
Local Councils - clean water, garbage control, immunisation programs

Question 6

Medicare

Answer 6

free or low cost to allied health services
free admission to public hospitals and aftercare is free
subsidised visits to GP and specialists

Question 7

Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme

Answer 7

provides subsidy for agreed prescribed medications

Question 8

Health Care Costs

Answer 8

Average cost per person $6430 per year

$147 billion in 2012-2013

Question 9

Problems within our health care system

Answer 9

bed shortages, hospitals need to be upgraded, staff shortage, increasing technology and cost, lack of funding, lack of rural services, reduced bulk-billing

Question 10

National Preventative Health Strategies

Answer 10

1 - Shared responsibility
2 - Act early and throughout life
3 - Engage communities
4 - Influence markets and policies
5 - Reduce inequity through targeting disadvantage
6 - Indigenous Australian
7 - refocus primary healthcare to prevention

Question 11

Australia’s health as a nation

Answer 11

is fairly healthy
high life expectancy

Heart, stroke deaths are down 
Surviving a heart attack is more likely
Cancer deaths down  
Cancer survival rates up  
Cigarettes burning out 
Breathing easier

Question 12

Australia’s concerns

Answer 12

Obesity is growing 
Diabetes doubled  
Burden on our minds 
Chlamydia rates rising 
Kidney disease increasing 
Injuries taking their toll 
Losing our senses 
Low organ donation rates

Question 13

Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) defined

Answer 13

a team of professionals, including representatives of different disciplines who coordinate the contributions of each profession in order to improve care