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Eligibility requirements
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Travel
assistance
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Accommodation assistance
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Patient contribution
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NSW
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Patient must travel at least 100km one way from their usual place of residence to the nearest treating specialist
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Assistance provided at economy surface rail or bus rates; fuel subsidy of 15c/km for private car
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Commercial: $33 per night (single) or $46 per night (double)
Private: $30 per week after 1st week for pensioner patients with a Health Care Card
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$40 ($20 for pensioner or Health Care Card holders) personal contribution deducted from the total benefits paid per claim
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Vic
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Patient must live more than 100 km from the nearest treating specialist OR on average travel 500 km per week for a min of five consecutive weeks to their nearest treating specialist
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Assistance provided for the most direct means of public transport (economy rate); fuel subsidy of 14c/km for private car
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Commercial: up to $30 per night max 120 nights per treatment year
Private: Not eligible
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Patients who are not concession card holders will have the first $100 deducted from their payment each treatment year
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QLD
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Treating specialist must be more than 50 km from the patient's nearest public hospital and be the nearest available
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Assistance provided at the cost of the least expensive form of public transport from the town of local hospital to the transport terminal of the town the patient is travelling to; fuel subsidy of 10c/km for private car
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Commercial: $30 per night for concession card holders; non-concession card holders must pay for the first four nights accommodation in a fiscal year
Private: $10 per night for concession card holders; non-concession card holders to meet first four nights accommodation
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Nil
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SA
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Patient must live more than 100 km from the nearest treating specialist
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Assistance provided at economy rate for bus/ferry/train less a patient contribution of $30; fuel subsidy of 16c/km for private car
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Commercial: Up to $33 per night; for non-concession card holders no reimbursement on first night
Private: Not applicable
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Patient contribution of $30 deducted from total travel benefits; means tested exemption for genuine hardship
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WA
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Patient must live more than 70-100 km from the nearest treating specialist
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Assistance provided at economy rate for the least expensive form of transport (bus/train/plane);fuel subsidy of 13c/km for private car; for those who live 100 km from treatment centre and travel more than four times per year the fuel subsidy is 15c/km
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Commercial: Up to $35 per night; non-concession card holders required to pay for the first three nights
Private: $10 per night
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Non-concession card holders pay the first $50 for a maximum of four trips in a financial year
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Tas
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Patients must live more than 75 km from the nearest treating specialist
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Assistance provided at economy bus travel from patient's residence; fuel subsidy of 10c/km for private car
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Commercial: up to $30 per night; patients not on a pension required to pay first two nights Private: Not applicable
Limit of $2000 travel and accommodation costs per patient per year
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Card holders: $15 per trip max $120 per fiscal year
Non card holders: $75 per trip max $300 per fiscal year
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NT
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Patient must live more than 200 km from the nearest treating specialist
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Assistance provided at the cost of an economy return bus trip from the bus depot closest to the patient's residence; fuel subsidy of 15c/km
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Commercial: Up to $30 per night
Private: $10 per night
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Nil
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ACT
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Available to permanent residents of the ACT who are required to travel interstate for specialist medical treatment which is not available in the ACT
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A maximum entitlement for travel by coach/train (Can/Syd return) is $40 per adult and $20 per child; greater reimbursement for travel to cities other than Sydney; travel by private car $40 per trip (Can/Syd return)
Proposed July 07 16c/km for return trip
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Commercial: Up to $30 per night
Private: $10 per night
Proposed July 07 Commercial: $35 per night per patient and/or escort
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Nil
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Summary of PATS across states and territories