Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01281:schedule:1aa:p15
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01281
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 1AA (pt 15/29)
Character Range: 82768–88123

improvement
                                                                                      Objectives: To provide financial support for people living with dementia, to provide aged care services to meet the needs of diverse communities, to improve links to the health system, and to promote healthy and active ageing
415.021                                                                               Primary care education and training
                                                                                      Objectives: To provide funding to support quality education and training in primary health care and provide access to comprehensive, community‑based health care
415.022                                                                               Primary care financing, quality and access
                                                                                      Objectives: To provide funding to establish Medicare Locals, improve access to after‑hours primary health care, and improve primary health care access and infrastructure
415.023                                                                               Primary care practice incentives
                                                                                      Objectives: To provide general practice incentive payments to encourage continuing improvements, to increase quality of care, to enhance capacity, and to improve access and primary health care outcomes for patients
415.024                                                                               Rural health services
                                                                                      Objective: To provide funding for improved access to health and information services in regional, rural and remote areas and provision of rural health outreach services
415.025                                                                               Hearing services
                                                                                      Objective: To support access for eligible clients to quality hearing services and support research into hearing loss prevention and management
415.026                                                                               Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
                                                                                      Objectives: To provide funding to providers to improve chronic disease prevention and detection, to improve child and maternal health, to improve service delivery and access to effective health services, to reduce the incidence of blood‑borne viruses and sexually‑transmitted infections, and to enhance existing wellbeing, counselling, family tracing and reunion services to indigenous communities
415.027                                                                               Private health insurance
                                                                                      Objectives: To provide financial assistance to ensure the sustainability of the private health insurance rebate, to promote an affordable and sustainable private health insurance sector, to improve access to prostheses through private health insurance, to improve information for consumers, and to ensure that private health insurance covers clinically proven treatments
415.028                                                                               Chronic disease—treatment
                                                                                      Objective: To provide funding for improved detection, treatment and survival outcomes for people with cancer, including by providing support for their families and carers
415.029                                                                               e‑Health implementation
                                                                                      Objective: To support the development of national eHealth infrastructure and standards, to develop systems to support a national eHealth system, and to provide eHealth services
415.030                                                                               Health information
                                                                                      Objective: To provide funding to support participation in the Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council and the reform of maternity services
415.031                                                                               International policy engagement
                                                                                      Objective: To provide funding to facilitate Australia's engagement with health ministries and institutions from other countries on global health issues, and to promote and advance Australia's health policies through supporting conferences, forums and other events in Australia and overseas
415.032                                                                               Research capacity and quality
                                                                                      Objective: To provide funding to improve research capacity, maintain effective health surveillance, monitor the use of diagnostics, therapeutics and pathology, and improve safety and quality in health care