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28 Cards in this Set
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Advocacy |
an action aimed at gaining support for a particular cause |
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Ancillary Cover |
private health insurance over for extras such as physiotherapy, dental and optical services |
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Atherosclerosis |
a condition where plaque forms on the inside of the arteries (majority of CVD, the main underlying cause is atherosclerosis) |
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Benign |
a tumour that is not considered harmful |
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Bulk-billing |
the patient does not pay for the medical service; instead, the medical practitioner directly bills Medicare |
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Determinants |
factors that determine the health of an individual |
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Environmental |
relating to a person's surroundings |
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Epidemiology |
the branch of medicine that studies the causes, distribution and determinants of disease in a population. |
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Health Literacy |
the ability to access, read and interpret health-based information, and to then make an informed and relevant decision that supports and promotes good personal health |
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Health Status |
the general pattern of health in a population over a period of time |
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Health Ageing |
behaviours that reduce the risk of illness and disease in older people |
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Hypertension |
high blood pressure (common problem in CVD) |
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Incidence |
the number of new cases of a disease in a population over a period of time |
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Inequality |
difference in outcomes |
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Inequity |
lack of fairness |
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Inter-sectoral |
working with one or more sectors of society |
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Life Expectancy |
a measure of how long, on average, a person is expected to live |
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Malignant |
a tumour that has spread, or has the ability to spread, throughout the body |
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Medicare |
government health service that provides equitable health care |
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Medicare Levy |
tax collected to find Medicare |
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Medicare Levy Surcharge |
extra tax taken from higher income earners |
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Medicare safety net |
a threshold that caps medical expenses annually |
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Metastasis |
a secondary malignant growth |
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Morbidity |
the incidence of illness, injury and diseases that do not result in death in a specific population |
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Mortality |
the number of deaths from a specific cause or in a specific population over a period of time (usually 1 year) |
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Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) |
a government scheme that subsidises the cost of certain medicines |
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Prevalence |
the total number of cases of a disease in a given population at a specific point in time |
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Social Justice |
justice based on human rights-equity, diversity and supportive environments |
