The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (VCE SSCE Health and Human Development): Flashcards
📚Flashcards
Practise the cards
10 cards from this deck
ShowHide
Practise the cards
10 cards from this deck
PBS purpose
PBS purpose
Makes essential prescription medicines affordable for Australians
Year PBS began
Year PBS began
1948
General patient PBS co-payment (2021)
General patient PBS co-payment (2021)
$41.30 per prescription
Concession cardholder PBS co-payment (2021)
Concession cardholder PBS co-payment (2021)
$6.60 per prescription
PBS Safety Net threshold per year
PBS Safety Net threshold per year
$1497.20
What PBAC does
What PBAC does
Independent committee deciding which medicines to add to PBS
Number of PBS brands covered
Number of PBS brands covered
More than 5000
NDIS purpose
NDIS purpose
Supports people with permanent & significant disabilities
NDIS age eligibility
NDIS age eligibility
Under 65 years old when applying
Four types of NDIS support
Four types of NDIS support
Mainstream, community, informal support, funded supports