IQ2: A Growing And Ageing Population & IQ3: Health Care In AUstralia

Question 1

What is HIDA?

(Ignore if you are not following the same acronyms i use)

Answer 1

HIDA is the acronym for a growing and ageing population

H - healthy ageing
I - increased population living with chronic disease and disability
D - demand for health services and workforce
A - availability of carers and volunteers

Question 2

What is Australia’s growing and ageing population caused by?

Answer 2

• decreased birth rate
• decline mortality rates with an increase in life expectancy
• sustained rated of immigration from overseas

Question 3

What does ‘healthy ageing’ mean?

Answer 3

‘Healthy ageing’ means throughout all different life stages, illness is prevented and effectively treated

Question 4

What are the ways to ensure healthy ageing?

Answer 4

• increasing education the population regrading food health practices (e.g meeting national guidelines for physical activity)
• engaging in preventative health promotion initiative (e.g ‘slip, slop, slap’)

Question 5

What is the benefits of healthy ageing?

Answer 5

• less pressure on healthcare system
• ongoing contribution to workforce
• fewer illnesses and/or disabilities

Question 6

What are the demands for health services and workforce shortages?

Answer 6

• due to a ageing population the need for more health services and systems increase

Question 7

Define carers

Answer 7

Individuals that provide informal care of people living with chronic disease and disability
(E.g spouse, neighbour and friend)

Question 8

Define volunteers

Answer 8

Volunteers assist with activities such as transport, shopping, meals on wheels and social activities

Question 9

What are the two types types of health facilities and services?

Answer 9

• institutional and non-institutional care

Question 10

What are the institutional care?

Answer 10

• Hospitals ( can be public, private and psychiatric)
• nursing homes
• ambulances

Question 11

What are the non- institutional care

Answer 11

• doctors
• specialist
• dentists
• research organisations

Question 12

What are the 6 groups/individuals responsible for health facilities and services?

Answer 12

1. Commonwealth government
2. State government
3. Local government
4. Private sector
5. Communities
6. Individuals

Question 13

What are the responsibilities of the commonwealth government?

Answer 13

Formation of national health policy and to have control of health system financing through the collection of taxes

• sets policy and legislation
• providing funding

Question 14

What are the responsibilities of the state government?

Answer 14

• the development of state health promotion campaigns
• hospitals services
• inspections of facilities

Question 15

What are the responsibilities of the local government ?

Answer 15

• provides local health promotion camping
• provides community health services
• monitors and regulates health standard within a community

Question 16

What are the responsibilities of the private sector?

Answer 16

• private medical practices and private hospitals

Question 17

What are the responsibilities of communities?

Answer 17

• provide community services such as meals on wheels and home nursing

Question 18

What are the responsibilities of individuals?

Answer 18

• making wise decisions regrading their need for health care
• reducing risk factors

Question 19

What is the equity and access to health facilities and services?

Answer 19

Access is about the health systems ability to provide affordable and appropriate health care to people.

Refers to equitable distribution of health care facilities and services to all

Question 20

What are new emerging treatments and technologies on health care?

Answer 20

• development of new machinery
• image technologies/minimally invasive surgery
• improvements in material
• drug advertisements
• prosthetic limb developments/ artificial organs

Question 21

What are the impact of new emerging treatments and technologies on health care?

Answer 21

• higher detection rates
• allows people to live longer
• more effective

Question 22

What are the two types of health insurance?

Answer 22

1. Medicare
2. Private

Question 23

What are the two types of health insurance?

Answer 23

1. Medicare
2. Private

Question 24

What is Medicare?

Answer 24

Medicare is a publicly funded healthcare system that provides residents with access to a wide range of healthcare services at little to no cost.

Question 25

What are the advantages of Medicare?

Answer 25

• covers all permanent Australian residents
• more access to GPS
• free

Question 26

What are the disadvantages of Medicare?

Answer 26

• longer wait times
• no choice in hospitals
• no choice in surgeon

Question 27

What are the advantages of private health insurance ?

Answer 27

• hospitals of choice
• shorter wait times
• overseas cover

Question 28

What are the disadvantages of private health insurance>

Answer 28

• expensive