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Health care in Australia operates under a shared public-private model underpinned by the Medicare system, the national single-payer funding model. State and territory governments operate public health facilities where eligible patients receive care free of charge. Primary health services, such as GP clinics, are privately owned in most ...
Lockhart River Primary Health Care Centre [242] – Lockhart River; Logan Hospital [243] – Meadowbrook; Longreach Hospital [244] – Longreach; Mabuiag Island Health Centre [163] – Mabuiag Island; Mackay Base Hospital [245] – Mackay; Magnetic Island Health Service Centre [246] – Nelly Bay; Malakoola Primary Health Care Centre [247 ...
The Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH), located in Parkville, Victoria, an inner suburb of Melbourne, is one of Australia's leading public hospitals. It is a major teaching hospital for tertiary health care with a reputation in clinical research.
A tertiary referral hospital (also called a tertiary hospital, tertiary referral center, tertiary care center, or tertiary center) is a hospital that provides tertiary care, [1] which is a level of health care obtained from specialists in a large hospital after referral from the providers of primary care and secondary care. [2]
The Department of Health and Aged Care (DHAC), formerly the Department of Health, is a department of the Australian Government responsible for funding, promotion and regulation of health care in Australia. Primary health and aged care services are overseen by the DHAC, while tertiary health services are administered by the state and territory ...
Townsville University Hospital (TUH), formerly The Townsville Hospital (TTH), [1] is a public tertiary care hospital on Angus Smith Drive, Douglas, Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It is the largest facility within the Townsville Hospital and Health Service (HHS) geographic area.
The Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH), colloquially known by its initials or pronounced as "the Rah", is South Australia's largest hospital, owned by the state government as part of Australia's public health care system. The RAH provides tertiary health care services for South Australia and provides secondary care clinical services to residents of ...
In Australia, General Practitioners (GPs) are essentially alike family physicians in the United States, who typically fufil the role of a primary care physician that is responsible for coordinating, assessing and managing general healthcare of their patients. GPs typically refer patients to (or 'consult' with) Consultants for a further expert ...