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what role do health care facilities and services play in achieving better health for all australians Flashcards

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Range and Types of Health Facilities and Services

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  • Primary Health Care
  • Secondary Health Care
  • Hospitals
  • Prescription drugs are subsidised through the Commonwealth Government’s Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS)
  • PBS Safety Net caps the amount a family will pay for PBS subsidised medications in a calendar year
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Range and Types of Health Facilities and Services: PRIMARY HEALTH CARE

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  • GP
  • Nurse
  • Midwives
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Range and Types of Health Facilities and Services: SECONDARY HEALTH CARE

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  • Care provided by those who don’t have first point of contact with patients
  • Occurs after referral by a primary health care provider
  • Specialists
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Range and Types of Health Facilities and Services: HOSPITAL

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  • Public Hospital
  • Private Hospital
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Nursing Home
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Responsibility for Health Facilities and Services

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  • Commonwealth Government
  • State and Territory Governments
  • Private Sector
  • Local Government
  • Community Groups
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Responsibility for Health Facilities and Services: COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT

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  • Formation of national health policies and the control of health system financing through the collection of taxes
  • Health research
  • Mental Health Programs
  • Immunisation
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Responsibility for Health Facilities and Services: STATE AND TERRITORY GOVERNMENT

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  • Public Hospital
  • Dental health services
  • Health promotion
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Responsibility for Health Facilities and Services: PRIVATE SECTOR

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  • Private hospitals
  • Dentists
  • Alternative health service
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Responsibility for Health Facilities and Services: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

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  • Environmental control
  • Sanitation and hygiene standards in home care services
  • Waste disposal
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Responsibility for Health Facilities and Services: COMMUNITY GROUP

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  • Address problems specific to a region
    E.G. Cancer Council Australia involved in research of cancer trends to promote awareness of protective factors to help all Australians reduce risk.
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Equity of Access to Health Facilities and Services

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  • Medicare
  • Medicare Safety Net
  • Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
  • Royal flying doctors
  • e-Health records
  • Telehealth technology
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Medicare

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  • Allow simple and equitable access to all Australian citizens regardless of location and socio-economic status
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Medicare Safety Net

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  • The amount of what people need to pay is capped
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Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme

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  • Government subsidising medicines
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Healthcare Expenditure

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  • Allocation of economic resources for the provision and consumption of health services
  • Expenditure from Australian government, private health insurance, and households
  • Has been increasing due to focus on ‘curative’ medicine
  • Funding for health promotion and illness prevention has increased in recent years
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Intervention and Prevention

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  • New public health model emphasises health promotion as the most cost-effective to address the social issues of health
  • People whose health is sound due to positive health behaviours resent paying increased taxes
  • Preventative programs such as QUIT, SunSmart have increased over the past 2 decades
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Strategies for Prevention

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  • Educating school children about positive health behaviours
  • Restrictions on advertising
  • Higher taxes on products such as alcohol and tobacco
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Medicare

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  • Payed by Commonwealth Government and Taxpayers
  • Free or subsidised treatment as a public patient in a public hospital by medical practitioners (GP and Specialist)
  • Medicare is funded from general taxation revenue and Medicare Levy (2% of each taxpayer’s income)
  • Australian is covered for 85% the amount
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Bulk Bill

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  • Patient pays nothing and doctors receive 85% of the scheduled fee from Medicare.
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Private Health Insurance

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  • Payed by Commonwealth Governments and Private Contributors
  • Monthly premiums
  • Ancillary services, dental, optical
  • Cover while overseas
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  • Join before 30 years old gets reduced cost

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