The Patient Transit Assistance Scheme
A case for social work advocacy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11956992 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pam Mcgrath (0000-0002-3964-4845, Centre de recherche en santé publique, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 13-19 |
| Publication date | 2000-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0312-407X • E-ISSN: 1447-0748 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03124070008414144 |
| OpenAlex | W2065564115 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
The Patient Transit Assistance Scheme is one of Queensland Health's initiatives designed to facilitate equity of access for Queensland residents to essential health care services. The purpose of the scheme is to help all Queenslanders, irrespective of where they live, to have access to specialist medical services. It provides direct financial assistance to patients and in some cases their carers, to facilitate access to specialist medical services irrespective of geographic location. The findings of recent research conducted on social worker involvement with PTAS for patients diagnosed with leukaemia and associated haematological disorders will be used to argue that the problems in relation to the administration of this scheme require serious attention at the level of patient care and health policy
Business · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Equity (law · Family medicine · Health care · Health services · Political science · Public relations · Public transport · Scheme (mathematics · Social Assistance · Transit (satellite · Work (physics · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Interprofessional Education and Collaboration · Medicine · Nursing · Primary Care and Health Outcomes · Social Work
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |