❓ WA Parliamentary Question on Notice regarding the Patient Assisted Travel Scheme (PATS) in 2011/12, detailing costs, claims, subsidies, and eligibility criteria. The answer provides specific figures for total subsidies paid, number of claims, regional breakdowns, and accommodation rates.
AnsweredQoN 8733Legislative Assembly
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(e) The average cost of a PATS claim is estimated to be $450 per patient. This estimate does not include the cost of administering the Scheme. (f) The PATS subsidy towards accommodation is: · $60 per night for an eligible person travelling without an approved carer/escort; · $75 per night for a patient travelling with an approved carer/escort; and · $20 per night for patients using private accommodation. (g) Answer as per (f) above. (h) The PATS provides a subsidy towards the cost of travel and accommodation. Any additional expense is borne by the patient. (i) The Scheme applies capped rates to mileage, air travel, and accommodation: · 16 cents per kilometre when travelling by private vehicle. · Air travel from Pilbara and Kimberley Regions and Remote Areas. · Air travel if clinically necessary for journeys of more than 16 hours by road. · Air travel for cancer treatment if a patient has to travel more than 350km by road. · Accommodation subsidy as outlined in answer (f). The total amount of the subsidy per patient is not capped. (j) Answer per (e) above. (k) Answer as per (h) above. Notice: This document is created or edited using unregistered or evaluation copy of rtLib valid for testing or development purposes only. To use it for productive or any other purposes please register it. You may purchase the license on http://www.rtlib.com
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Answered
23 October 2012
Responded by
Minister for Health
Response time
27 days
(a) In the 2011/12 financial year a total of $34.2 million was paid in PATS subsidies. This does not include the cost of administering the Scheme.
(b) In the 2011/12 financial year there was a total of 76,234 PATS claims.
(c) PATS claims are for intrastate patient travel only.
(d) See table below for the number of approved PATS claims by region for the 2011/12 financial year:
Region
No. of Trips
Goldfields
8,963
Great Southern
10,563
Kimberley
7,177
Midwest
12,908
Pilbara
8,855
South West*
15,324
Wheatbelt
12,444
Total
76,234
* Data for the South West region is based on the FBT year 1 April to 31 March
(e) The average cost of a PATS claim is estimated to be $450 per patient. This estimate does not include the cost of administering the Scheme.
(f) The PATS subsidy towards accommodation is:
· $60 per night for an eligible person travelling without an approved carer/escort;
· $75 per night for a patient travelling with an approved carer/escort; and
· $20 per night for patients using private accommodation.
(g) Answer as per (f) above.
(h) The PATS provides a subsidy towards the cost of travel and accommodation. Any additional expense is borne by the patient.
(i) The Scheme applies capped rates to mileage, air travel, and accommodation:
· 16 cents per kilometre when travelling by private vehicle.
· Air travel from Pilbara and Kimberley Regions and Remote Areas.
· Air travel if clinically necessary for journeys of more than 16 hours by road.
· Air travel for cancer treatment if a patient has to travel more than 350km by road.
· Accommodation subsidy as outlined in answer (f).
The total amount of the subsidy per patient is not capped.
(j) Answer per (e) above.
(k) Answer as per (h) above.
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(b) In the 2011/12 financial year there was a total of 76,234 PATS claims.
(c) PATS claims are for intrastate patient travel only.
(d) See table below for the number of approved PATS claims by region for the 2011/12 financial year:
Region
No. of Trips
Goldfields
8,963
Great Southern
10,563
Kimberley
7,177
Midwest
12,908
Pilbara
8,855
South West*
15,324
Wheatbelt
12,444
Total
76,234
* Data for the South West region is based on the FBT year 1 April to 31 March
(e) The average cost of a PATS claim is estimated to be $450 per patient. This estimate does not include the cost of administering the Scheme.
(f) The PATS subsidy towards accommodation is:
· $60 per night for an eligible person travelling without an approved carer/escort;
· $75 per night for a patient travelling with an approved carer/escort; and
· $20 per night for patients using private accommodation.
(g) Answer as per (f) above.
(h) The PATS provides a subsidy towards the cost of travel and accommodation. Any additional expense is borne by the patient.
(i) The Scheme applies capped rates to mileage, air travel, and accommodation:
· 16 cents per kilometre when travelling by private vehicle.
· Air travel from Pilbara and Kimberley Regions and Remote Areas.
· Air travel if clinically necessary for journeys of more than 16 hours by road.
· Air travel for cancer treatment if a patient has to travel more than 350km by road.
· Accommodation subsidy as outlined in answer (f).
The total amount of the subsidy per patient is not capped.
(j) Answer per (e) above.
(k) Answer as per (h) above.
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