AHS205 Utilization of the Australian Health Care System Assignment

Assessment Task

This assessment task requires you to watch four case study videos, available in the assessment folder in Blackboard and select one (1) to be your case study patient. Then you will identify health services that meet the needs of your chosen patient and determine if these services are available to your patient in a rural town of your choice.

Please refer to the Task Instructions for details on how to complete this task.

Context

The first part of The Australian Healthcare System within a Global Context investigates the structures and functions of the various components of the Australian Healthcare System, including what services are available, who provides them and who can access them.

The purpose of this assessment is to build upon the theoretical knowledge and understanding of the Australian healthcare system that you have gained in the first two modules of this subject and to apply that knowledge in a very practical manner. This increase in your ability to navigate the health system will help you support, manage and advocate for patients and communities, and it will provide a reference point when comparing Australia’s healthcare system to others in future modules.

Instructions

The table below lists the four case study patients from the videos and relevant discharge information.

Your patient is preparing for discharge from hospital. So, the focus of your chosen services will be Primary Care services in the community. For this assessment your case study lives in a rural town.

You will need to identify and research any rural town of your choice and the health services available in that town. Follow the task instructions below.

To complete this assessment task, you should:

1. Identify which case study you have chosen and list all of your patient’s discharge needs based on the information provided in the case study video and the discharge information in the table above.
2. Identify four (4) healthcare professionals and the services they provide relevant to your case study. Your references will need to be from Australian sources. NOTE: At least one (1) service must be a nursing service.
3. Rural town – Select and research a rural town in Australia. Name your chosen town, where it is located and the demographics such as population size, numbers of males and females, number of adults vs children. You will use this town to answer the questions below.
4. Determine if the health professionals and services you identified for your character (in point 2 above) are available in your town, and if so, what are the typical hours of operation for this type of service in the rural town?
5. When comparing the identified discharge needs of your patient with the services available in your town, are there any gaps in the services available? Briefly explain your answer. (Gaps may be due to, but not limited to, a lack of service in the town, a lack of ability to access the services due to cost or opening hours).

Structure

Include a cover page with relevant information.

Use suitable headings and subheadings for the information presented, page numbers should appear on each page of the document – ideally in either the header or footer.

All work must be word?processed, spell? checked, grammatically acceptable, and professional in appearance.

This assessment should not be written from a first person, but from a third person perspective. That is, “I, we, my, our” are not acceptable. All claims are to be supported by suitable and relevant academic references.

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