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The year Australia's Medicare scheme was established.
What is 1984?
A health professional who checks your eyes and vision.
What is an optometrist?
The Australian document that outlines the rights of people receiving healthcare.
What is the Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights?
These organisations allow people to give their time to help others without necessarily receiving payment.
What are volunteer organisations?
A scheme that provides funding for supports such as mobility equipment and help with daily activities for eligible Australians with disability.
What is the NDIS?
The three main sources of funding for Medicare include general taxation, Medicare levy and this source..
What is the Medicare Levy Surcharge?
A health professional who helps people with foot problems.
What is a podiatrist?
The right to receive care that is safe and of a high standard.
What is the right to safety?
A young person wants to meet others, build friendships and improve their physical fitness. Which community service could help?
What is a sports or recreational club?
A health professional who helps people manage their diet and nutrition.
What is a nutritionist or dietitian?
This type of Medicare billing means the patient pays nothing out of pocket for the service.
What is bulk billing?
A GP may prescribe these to help treat an infection or manage a health condition.
What is medication?
A patient has the right to receive clear information about treatment choices and costs. Which healthcare right is this?
What is communication?
A young person needs support with their mental health and wellbeing. Which youth-focused service could they access?
What is Headspace?
This is one possible outcome of making a complaint to the HCC:
A patient wants their health records corrected or updated after finding an error.
What is access to or amendment of health records?
This is the name for the regular fee a person pays to maintain private health insurance.
What is a premium?
A health professional who provides support for mental health concerns, such as anxiety.
What is a psychologist or counsellor?
If a complaint is accepted, the HCC may help a patient obtain this, which could involve the return of money or payment for a loss.
What is a refund or compensation?
These three healthcare services can help people receive treatment for illness, injuries and other health concerns.
What are doctors, dentists and hospitals?
A young person returns to their sporting team after an injury, reconnecting with teammates and improving this dimension of health and wellbeing.
What is social health and wellbeing?
This Medicare support program helps individuals and families with high out-of-hospital medical costs once they reach a set threshold.
What is the Medicare Safety Net?
Before choosing an alternative health treatment, you should check the provider's qualifications and do this to make sure the service is suitable and reliable.
What is researching a service carefully?
A patient asks questions about the risks and benefits of a proposed procedure because they do not understand it. Which patient responsibility are they demonstrating?
What is the responsibility to ask questions?
A young person wants to identify local services that support young people's health. What three key details should they record when researching each service?
What are the name, address and contact information?
The Australian healthcare rights framework recognises that people have different cultures and ways of life. This principle means healthcare should acknowledge and do this.
What is respecting cultural differences?