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Eligibility for publicly funded health services
This section is a guide to publicly funded health and disability services in New Zealand. There is information for health service users, and resources for service providers to check eligibility.
Being eligible gives a person a right to be considered for publicly funded health or disability services (ie, free or subsidised). It is not an entitlement to receive any particular service. Individuals need to meet certain clinical and other assessment criteria to receive many services.
Find out if you are eligible
The guide to eligibility will help you decide whether you are eligible for publicly funded health and disability services in New Zealand.
For more information refer to:
Information for service providers
- Resources to check eligibility
- Questions and answers
- Reciprocal health agreements
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2011 Eligibility Direction
Disclaimer
This information is intended as a guide only. Every effort has been made to ensure that it is accurate. However, in the event of any dispute, Government policy and legislation, including the Health and Disability Services Eligibility Direction 2011 itself, will take precedence.
Being eligible gives a person a right to be considered for publicly funded health or disability services (ie, free or subsidised). It is not an entitlement to receive any particular service. Individuals need to meet certain clinical and other assessment criteria to receive many services.
In this section
- Being eligible gives a person a right to be considered for free or subsidised health or disability services. This page outlines who is an eligible person, and who checks eligibility. Read more
- This section provides information on your eligibility for publicly funded health and disability services in New Zealand, the eligibility criteria, and what you need to prove your eligibility. Read more
- Answers to the questions service users might have on their eligibility for publicly funded health services in New Zealand. Read more
- Answers to the questions service providers might have on user eligibility for publicly funded health services in New Zealand. Read more
- These resources have been designed to assist service providers to establish whether a person is eligible for publicly funded health and disability services. Read more
- New Zealand has reciprocal health agreements with Australia and the United Kingdom. Under each, certain services may be publicly funded for people covered by the agreements. Those services may be funded to the same extent as for a national of the country they’re visiting or staying in temporarily. Read more
- The Eligibility Direction describes the groups of people who are eligible for publicly funded health and disability services in New Zealand. Read more
- Recent changes affecting eligibility for publicly funded health services. Read more
Page last updated: 09 November 2011
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