Travel Health
- Altitude sickness
Altitude sickness is caused by lack of oxygen available from the air at high altitudes, due to the difference in atmospheric pressure compared with sea level.
- Jet Lag
Jet lag is a combination of fatigue and other symptoms caused by travelling abruptly across different time zones. The body may need a few days to a few weeks for its internal biological clock to adjust to abrupt change in time. It helps to be ...
- Medicines and Travel
People on medical treatment need to carry their medicines with them when they travel. It is particularly important that they plan ahead when going overseas. Medicines that are available in Australia may not be available overseas. People therefore ...
- Patient Travel Subsidy Scheme
The Patient Travel Subsidy Scheme (PTSS) provides direct assistance to patients and in some cases their carers to enable them to access specialist medical services from which they are isolated. A subsidy is provided to approved patients and ...
- Patient Travel Subsidy Scheme - Complaints
The best way to have your complaint dealt with effectively is to make it in writing. You should clearly describe the circumstances of the situation that has lead you to make a complaint stating if you can, times, dates, locations, and the names ...
- Patient Travel Subsidy Scheme - Eligibility
If you have a Medicare Card (or are eligible to hold a Medicare Card) and you are a Queensland resident you can be considered for assistance under this Scheme. However, if your transport and accommodation costs are covered in other ways (such as ...
- Patient Travel Subsidy Scheme - How do I apply?
When you have been referred to a specialist medical service you will need to ask your doctor to apply to your local hospital for transport and accommodation subsidies on your behalf. If your doctor expects you to be making a number of visits you ...
- Patient Travel Subsidy Scheme - Schedules
The Patient Travel Subsidy Scheme has been put in place to help Queenslanders access specialist medical services, which are not available in their local area. Where these specialist services are not available within 50 kilometres of the nearest ...
- Patient Travel Subsidy Scheme - What is it?
The Patient Travel Subsidy Scheme has been put in place to help Queenslanders access specialist medical services, which are not available in their local area. Where these specialist services are not available within 50 kilometres of the nearest ...
- Travel health
People who travel overseas have a 50 per cent chance of suffering a travel-related illness. While most travel-related illness is minor, some very serious infectious diseases are endemic in some parts of the world. All travellers should be ...
Last updated: 6 July, 2008
Last reviewed: 6 July, 2008
