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Table 1 Inter-hospital Transfers from public - admitted patients

Table 2 Inter-hospital Transfers from public - non admitted patients

Table 3 Transports from the Community

Table 4 Transports to the Community

Table 5 Transports from Private Hospitals

Table 6 Individual Responsibility for Fees

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Table 2: Inter-hospital transfers from public hospitals - non-admitted patients

From	To	Patient category	Responsible for payment
Public hospital	Public hospital	General emergency patients (including eligible DVA patients) attending a hospital receiving non-admitted emergency patient funding	Transferring hospital
		General emergency patients attending a hospital not receiving non-admitted emergency patient funding	Patient
		Eligible DVA patients attending a hospital not receiving non-admitted emergency patient funding	Covered under DVA Group Entitlement Agreement
		TAC	TAC
		WorkCover	WorkCover
Public hospital	Private hospital	General emergency patients attending a hospital receiving non-admitted emergency patient funding	Transferring hospital or Patient if initiated by the patient
		Eligible DVA patient attending a hospital receiving non-admitted emergency patient funding	With prior DVA approval - covered under DVA Group Entitlement Agreement Without prior DVA approval - transferring hospital or if initiated by patient, patient
		General emergency patients attending a hospital not receiving non-admitted emergency patient funding	Patient
		Eligible DVA patient attending a hospital not receiving non-admitted emergency patient funding	Covered under DVA Group Entitlement Agreement
		TAC - initiated by treating doctor/hospital	TAC
		TAC - initiated by patient	Patient
		WorkCover - initiated by treating doctor/hospital	WorkCover
		WorkCover - initiated by patient	Patient
Public hospital	Public mental health inpatient facility	General public emergency patients (including eligible DVA patients) attending a hospital receiving non-admitted emergency patient funding	Transferring hospital
		General public emergency patients attending a hospital not receiving non-admitted emergency patient funding	Patient (unless covered by Mental Health Act provisions - see below)
		Eligible DVA patients attending a hospital not receiving non-admitted emergency patient funding	Covered under DVA Group Entitlement Agreement
		TAC	TAC
		WorkCover	WorkCover
		Public emergency patients recommended for involuntary admission (section 9 of the Mental Health Act 1986), attending a hospital not receiving non-admitted emergency patient funding	Ambulance service
		Absent without leave (section 43 of the Mental Health Act 1986) public emergency patients attending a hospital not receiving non-admitted emergency patient funding	Patient's Area Mental Health Service if patient does not have a Pensioner Concession Card, Health Care Card, or Ambulance Membership Scheme membership

Last updated: 27 June, 2008
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