Timing for implementation

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Table of contents

Introduction

The Indigenous Chronic Disease Package

Primary Care – Better Treatment of Chronic Disease

Better Management of Chronic Disease and Follow-up Care

Growing the Indigenous health workforce

Many of these programs began in the 2009-10 financial year,and will continue to build momentum over the following three years. The Department of Health and Ageing provides information on how to access the various programs and funding under the Package as they come online.

Priority Area Measures 4 yr funding $m

Preventing chronic disease National action to reduce indigenous smoking rates $100.6

Helping Indigenous Australians reduce their risk of chronic disease $37.5

Local Indigenous community campaigns to promote better health $22.7

Primary health care services that
can deliver Subsidising PBS Medicine Co-payments $88.7

Higher utilisation costs for MBS and PBS $140.5

Supporting primary care providers to coordinate
chronic disease management $115.1

Improving Indigenous participation in health care
through chronic disease self management $18.6

Increasing access to specialist and multidisciplinary
team care $70.8

Monitoring and evaluation $39.9

Fixing the gaps and improving the patient journey Workforce Support, Education and Training $17.7

Expanding the outreach and service capacity of Indigenous Health Organisations and engaging
Divisions of General Practice to improve Indigenous access to mainstream primary care $143.1

Attracting more people to work in Indigenous health $7.2

Clinical practice and decision support guidelines $3.1

TOTAL FUNDING FOR MEASURES $805.5

Further information on the Package can be found at:
www.health.gov.au/tackling-chronic-disease

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Priority Area	Measures	4 yr funding $m
Preventing chronic disease	National action to reduce indigenous smoking rates	$100.6
	Helping Indigenous Australians reduce their risk of chronic disease	$37.5
	Local Indigenous community campaigns to promote better health	$22.7
Primary health care services that can deliver	Subsidising PBS Medicine Co-payments	$88.7
	Higher utilisation costs for MBS and PBS	$140.5
	Supporting primary care providers to coordinate chronic disease management	$115.1
	Improving Indigenous participation in health care through chronic disease self management	$18.6
	Increasing access to specialist and multidisciplinary team care	$70.8
	Monitoring and evaluation	$39.9
Fixing the gaps and improving the patient journey	Workforce Support, Education and Training	$17.7
	Expanding the outreach and service capacity of Indigenous Health Organisations and engaging Divisions of General Practice to improve Indigenous access to mainstream primary care	$143.1
	Attracting more people to work in Indigenous health	$7.2
	Clinical practice and decision support guidelines	$3.1
	TOTAL FUNDING FOR MEASURES	$805.5