Healthcare System Flashcards
5 services provided by healthcare professionals
1- physiotherapist 2- dental 3- optometrist 4- x rays 5- catscans
Preventative healthcare model
Takes determinants of health into consideration. Aims at stopping the illnesses from occurring and for early detection of illnesses
Examples :
Slip slop slap
Quit program (smoking)
Free mammograms
Free bowel Cancer / colorectal Cancer checks
Healthy eating pyramids
Communicable and non communicable diseases
Diseases that are capable of being transmitted from one person to another or from one species to another Examples : -Scarlet fever -polio - measles -diptheria
Biomedical model of health care
Focus on medical profession, aims to treat the biomedical aspects of the disease Involves diagnosis, treatment and cure of a condition Examples : - MRI - blood test - X-rays - medication - Surgery
What is Medicare
Medicare is a universal health care system that provides medical care to patients via their GP or hospital for little or no cost
Eligible : all aus and nz citizens
How is Medicare funded
Medicare is funded by the federal government through 3 sources of income
1 - Medicare levy (2% tax)
2 - Medicare levy surcharge
3 - general taxation
Bulk billing
Bulk billing is gps that don’t charge a surcharge and rely on the schedules fee and the patient pays no out of pocket expenses
Out of pocket costs
The extra costs that are on top of the schedule fee, that are payed for by the patient
3 services NOT covered by Medicare
1- cosmetic procedures
2- ambulance services
3- home nursing
Pharmaceutical benefits scheme
The PBS subsidises the cost of many prescription medications
(Government pays for a portion of the price)
Private health insurance
Is an insurance which members pay a premium (fee) for payments towards medical health costs NOT covered by Medicare Examples - dentist -chiropractor - physiotherapist
Health status
An individual or populations overall health, taking into account various aspects
- life expectancy
- disease risk factors
- disability levels
4 indicators of health status
1 - life expectancy
2 - morbidity
3 - mortality
4 - burden of disease
How Medicare improves health status
Medicare improves health status by allowing people of all socioeconomic status’ to have access to all aspects of healthcare meaning that as an overall population we are healthier
Morbidity
Refers to the ill health in an individual and the levels of ill health in a population or group
