发个帖子介绍下自己在澳洲的生活和治疗

温柔夜色

今天拿到体检结果了， alt 93， ast 46 , dan 1.7 * 10^9 , 医生说如果我要看专科医生，自己想看哪个，她帮我推荐，我说我先回家查查。
我回家一查发现专科医生好像都是收费的，还比较贵， 不知道如果要打干扰素的怎么收费 ， 也不知道排队要多久， 头都大了。

StephenW

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Not all specialists are expensive. Just like GPs, it depends how much they charge above the standard rate covered by Medicare. Try specialists that work in public hospital, you don't have to pay anything. yes, the waiting time to see a specialist is usually long. If you have to take Interferon, you will just pay the standard $34.50 fee per month (4 injections).

温柔夜色

thanks StephenW ,  could you tell me how this system works ,  if GP said i need see a specialist,  they will send a email to specialist  or they give a print refer,  i bring it to specialist ?

StephenW

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In Australia, to see a specialist, you would need a referral (a letter from your GP to the specialist). The idea is that:
1. Your GP is your primary care doctor. The specialist will work with your GP. So after seeing you, your specialist will generally write a report to your GP. Your referral to see a specialist is good for one year (i.e., you can see the specialist as often as you can within the one year without needing a referral every time). After one year, you will need to get another referral from your GP.
2. Under the health care system, the standard fees Medicare pay the specialist requires the specialist to have a referral from a GP. As specialists are more costly to Medicare, this is partly to prevent specialists from seeing patients that may otherwise be adequately cared for by a GP. So in principle you can see a specialist without a referral, but you will get much less refund from Medicare after paying the specialist.
3. You make your own appointment with a specialist. When you see your specialist for the first time, you bring along the referral from your GP.

温柔夜色

thanks  StephenW , that's very useful. I will see the GP again to get a referral letter.

calvinsun

楼主独身一人闯澳洲？很佩服你，感觉你是追求自由去了吧，国外有更好的医疗条件、食物，更重要的是没有歧视。

温柔夜色

calvinsun 发表于 2012-9-22 16:46
楼主独身一人闯澳洲？很佩服你，感觉你是追求自由去了吧，国外有更好的医疗条件、食物，更重要的是没有歧视 ...

澳洲工作很难找，找个工厂的工作都要求工作经验。

温柔夜色

约了10月8号的specialist

calvinsun

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你以前在国内是从事什么工作？是否可以加个q或msn私聊？

温柔夜色

回楼上， 已经短信你了。
找了个在仓库打杂的工作， 每周干3天， 刚开始上班，有点累。