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Fees and charges for admitted patients

Classification of patients who are admitted to a public hospital and their fees

An admitted patient is defined as:

  • a person who undergoes a hospital's admission process to receive treatment and care
  • a patient whose entire care is not provided within a designated emergency department or urgent care centre and who meets at least one of the criteria for admission.

Admission can occur in a traditional hospital setting, in other settings under specified programs, or in the patient’s home (for example, patients in the Hospital in the Home program).

Patients who are admitted to a public hospital are classified as one of the following:

  • public admitted
  • private admitted
  • compensable (Transport Accident Commission, WorkSafe, Department of Veterans' Affairs, or other)
  • nursing-home type
  • ineligible.

Patient election

Election criteria and process for admitted public, private, compensable, Veterans’ Affairs and ineligible patients.

Private patients

Private patients in Victoria are responsible for payment of certain hospitals fees and charges.

Compensable patients

Admitted patients accessing health services through the DVA, TAC, Worksafe or other arrangement can be compensated for certain fees and charges.

Reciprocal healthcare agreements

Reciprocal healthcare agreements allow people from certain countries who are visiting or working in Australia to receive medical benefits under certain circumstances.

Fees for patients not covered by Medicare

Medicare-ineligible patients (patients who are not covered by Medicare, including overseas patients) are charged fees at the discretion of individual health services

Nursing home type patients

A patient becomes a Nursing Home Type patient following 35 days of continuous hospitalisation

Patient election

Election criteria and process for admitted public, private, compensable, Veterans’ Affairs and ineligible patients.

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