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Patient Travel Subsidy Scheme

Mackay Hospital and Health Service · Australia

Provides financial assistance to patients who need to access specialist medical services not available within their local area. The scheme offers a subsidy towards travel and accommodation costs for eligible patients and, in some cases, an approved escort.

Official Grant Page

Deadline

Rolling / Ongoing

Location

Queensland

Who Can Apply

Queensland resident or patient with no fixed address Eligible for Medicare Specialist service must be medically necessary and recommended by a medical practitioner Service must be an essential listed specialist service and unavailable within 50km of the nearest public hospital
Applicants must be a Queensland resident or a patient with no fixed address, be eligible for Medicare, and be accessing a specialist medical service that is recommended as medically necessary by a medical practitioner, listed as an essential specialist medical service in the Schedule 1-PTSS Guideline Part A, and not available within 50km of their nearest public hospital.

What's Funded

Travel and accommodation costs for patients needing to access medically necessary specialist medical services not available in their local area, and in some cases costs for an approved escort.

Expected Outcomes

Eligible patients are able to travel to access essential specialist medical services that are not available within 50km of their nearest public hospital.

Key Information

Applicant Types

individual

Stage

any

Funding Purposes

communityother

Keywords

patient travelmedical travelhealthspecialist medical servicesaccommodation subsidytravel subsidyQueenslandMedicare

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Patient Travel Subsidy Scheme?

The Patient Travel Subsidy Scheme is a mixed grant offered by Mackay Hospital and Health Service in Australia. Provides financial assistance to patients who need to access specialist medical services not available within their local area. The scheme offers a subsidy towards travel and accommodation costs for eligible patients and, in some cases, an approved escort.

Who is eligible for the Patient Travel Subsidy Scheme?

Queensland resident or patient with no fixed address Eligible for Medicare Specialist service must be medically necessary and recommended by a medical practitioner Service must be an essential listed specialist service and unavailable within 50km of the nearest public hospital

What activities are funded?

Travel and accommodation costs for patients needing to access medically necessary specialist medical services not available in their local area, and in some cases costs for an approved escort.

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