Australia's Health System
Across
- 1. Government provided lifesaving and disease prevention medication to the community at a subsidised cost
- 3. financial resources that are provided to keep the health system adequately staffed and resourced
- 4. 2% of taxable income paid by most tax payers (except low income earners)
- 5. The name of the incentive created by the government to encourage young people to take out private health insurance
- 6. The amount Medicare will contribute to selected procedures
- 10. An example of a service/treatment medicare will subsidise the cost of
- 12. ensuring an efficient health workforce and system, promoting disease prevention and early intervention, ensuring adequate funding and regulation of the health system and research and monitoring
- 14. giving people access to health care based on what they need to be healthy rather than the same thing for everyone
Down
- 1. You pay a premium for this in order to help cover health related costs not covered by medicare
- 2. If a person qualifies for the NDIS the first step is to create an ______
- 7. when a doctor or specialist charges only the scheduled fee
- 8. - Australia's universal health insurance scheme
- 9. promotes equity by providing extra financial assistance for people who incur significant out of pocket costs for medications over a 12 month period.
- 11. when only part of the cost of medication is covered the patient must the make a _______
- 13. Provides services and supports for people with permanent disabilities, their families and carers