Across
- 6. What individuals are expected to do when accessing health care, like providing accurate information, respecting medical staff, and paying fees on time.
- 8. Provides support and services for Australians with permanent and significant disability.
- 9. Extra financial assistance for people who face high medical costs each year under Medicare.
- 10. Something every patient is entitled to when receiving health care, such as access, safety, respect, communication, and privacy.
- 14. An additional tax for high-income earners who don’t have private hospital cover.
- 15. Physiotherapists, dietitians and speech pathologists are examples of these.
- 17. Costs that patients must pay themselves, not covered by Medicare or private health insurance.
- 18. The amount set by the government for a medical service under Medicare.
- 19. Requirement that personal health information remains private unless consent is given.
Down
- 1. Services outside mainstream medicine, such as acupuncture or naturopathy.
- 2. When a doctor accepts the Medicare benefit as full payment for a service.
- 3. The amount a person contributes towards the cost of a health service, with the rest covered by government.
- 4. Non-profit groups that provide health services, support, or advocacy, often relying on donations and unpaid workers.
- 5. A tax on most Australians to help fund Medicare.
- 7. An individual’s ability to find, understand and use health information.
- 11. A community-based doctor who is usually the first point of call for non-emergency health issues.
- 12. Government program that subsidises essential medicines.
- 13. When government pays part of the cost of a good or service, lowering the price for consumers.
- 16. Helps protect individuals and families from large overall medicine costs under PBS.