Eligibility for Publicly Funded Health and Disability Services

Eligibility for Publicly Funded Health and Disability Services
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Eligibility means the right to be considered for publicly funded services. It is not an entitlement to receive those services.

Publicly funded services may be fully funded or partly subsidised. Your health or disability service provider will advise you which services they are providing, and whether there may be a part charge for those services.

Checking the eligibility of patients is the responsibility of all health providers who administer government subsidised care. The 2003 Eligibility Direction of the Minister of Health sets out the eligibility criteria for publicly funded health and disability services in New Zealand. Only people who meet the eligibility criteria defined in the Eligibility Direction can receive publicly funded (ie, free or subsidised) health and disability services. A person may be asked to show proof that they meet the eligibility criteria.

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This section includes a guide to eligibility to help people decide whether they are eligible, answers to frequently asked questions, information on the Eligibility Direction, and information about publicly funded health and disability services.

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Page last updated: 4 March 2009

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View the Guide to Eligibility Criteria for Publicly Funded Health and Disability Services

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