1.3
CurrentPrivate patient status
1.3 Private patient status
An entitled person is to receive hospital care as a private patient - which entitles the person to:
(a)
the patient's choice of doctor, subject to the doctor having practising rights at the relevant hospital; and
(b)
shared accommodation; or
(c)
if medically necessary, private accommodation; or
(d)
private accommodation, if available, where the person's private health insurer will pay the difference between the cost of shared accommodation and the cost of private accommodation for the person; or
(e)
on and after 1 July 2016, private accommodation, if available, in a contracted private hospital.
2. Order of preference for admission to hospital
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