WorksheetsHAGC - Role of AUS Health System
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which statement best summarizes how healthy Australians are?
High life expectancy with significant chronic disease prevalence and persistent inequalities
Low life expectancy with frequent nationwide infectious disease outbreaks
Rapidly declining mental health and no preventive services available
Limited access to clean water and widespread malnutrition
What is identified as a key role of the health system?
To respond to individual needs with safe and effective treatment
To reduce government taxation levels
To limit specialist training to cut costs
To privatize all hospitals to reduce Government spending
Which statement best describes Medicare in Australia?
Covers all public hospital services and subsidises some other services
Provides elective procedures in private hospitals funded by patients.
Offers digital health records with no coverage for services.
Focuses solely on health promotion and prevention programs.
Which statement best describes the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme?
Makes prescription medication cheaper for various conditions for people enrolled in Medicare.
Provides free inpatient treatment in public hospitals.
Funds private health insurance for elective procedures.
Makes prescription medicines free for all Australians.
Which description matches the Public Hospital System in Australia?
Operated and funded by governments; emergency, outpatient, and inpatient services are free under Medicare.
Funded only by private insurers and used for elective procedures.
Provides long-term residential aged care only, with no emergency services.
Offers digital prescriptions and telehealth exclusively.
Which statement best describes the Private Hospital System?
Funded by private health insurers, patients, and governments; accessed via private insurance or paying expenses
Fully government funded and free for all services under Medicare.
Limited to emergency departments and outpatient clinics only.
Provides only digital health records without any surgical care.
Define equity of access to the healthcare system in Australia.
Health care is easily accessible when needed and fairly distributed.
Health care is provided only in urban areas with advanced hospitals.
Health care is rationed according to income level and employment.
Health care is available only through private insurance plans.
Identify the factor described as making equity of access difficult in Australia.
The country’s large land mass and uneven population distribution.
A uniform metropolitan population across all states.
Abundant specialist hospitals in every remote town.
Limited demand for health services in coastal cities.
Which group typically has greater access to health services?
Those with private health
Uninsured patients
Rural residents without transport
New public hospital patients
Which set of initiatives has been implemented to improve equity of access for ATSI, rural and remote communities, and the elderly?
ACCHOs, Telehealth, and the NDIS
Increased private hospital fees and co-payments
Urban hospital consolidation programs, ACCHOs
Pharmaceutical advertising campaigns, NDIS, Close the Gap
Which of the following best describes primary care in Australia?
Emergency treatment provided in hospitals
Specialist services accessed through referrals
The first level of care outside hospitals and specialist services
Long-term care provided in nursing homes
Medicare primarily improves equity of access by
Funding private hospitals
Providing free access to all health services
Covering the cost of all prescription medications
Subsidising or fully covering essential healthcare services
What is the main purpose of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme?
To fund hospital infrastructure
To provide free medication to all Australians
To reduce the cost of prescription medications
To support private health insurance
Which service is fully funded and operated by government?
Private hospitals
Public hospitals
Private specialist clinics
Allied health services
Low SES groups may experience poorer access to healthcare due to
excessive use of health services
higher private health insurance coerage
cost, time off work, and longer wait times
overrepresentation in private hospitals
What is a key aim of public health initiatives?
Treatment of chronic disease
Prevention and health promotion
Increasing hospital admissions
Expanding private health services
Which health initiative has improved access for rural and remote populations?
Private health insurance rebates
My Health Record
Telehealth
Private hospital expansion
Which strategy has been implemented to improve equity for ATSI peoples?
Increased private health insurance incentives
Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations (ACCHO's)
Medicare coverage
Closure of private hospitals
A future opportunity for improving healthcare equity in Australia is
reducing the use of technology
increasing hospital-based care
expanding digital health and self-screening programs
limiting Medicare amounts in metropolitan areas
