When You Leave

Once you are over the acute phase of your surgery or illness, it is expected that you will continue your recovery at home. Before you come to Hospital, you will need to consider how you will manage daily living activities like:

• meals
• personal care
• shopping
• home care

If you have concerns about how you will manage after discharge, contact your GP.

Discharge is on or before 10.00am, as rooms are scheduled for re-use after 10.00am.

On the morning of your discharge, a staff member from Main Reception will visit you at your bedside to finalise payment of your account.

At time of discharge please ensure that you collect any x-rays, medications or valuables in trust before leaving the Hospital.

Payment procedures:

Health Insurance
You may find that your health fund does not fully cover your stay and that an out-of-pocket balance may occur. Estimated out-of-pocket expenses are payable on admission. You are not required to pay the portion of your account that is covered by your health fund; we will claim benefits on your behalf.

Self-Insured
You will be required to pay your estimated Hospital account at time of admission.

Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) patients will have their account directly sent to the DVA for payment. Patients will be responsible for purchasing a phone card to make any mobile, STD or ISD telephone calls.

Workers Compensation
Workers compensation patients will need to have their claim approved prior to admission.

Other charges you may incur

Please note that you may receive bills for other charges incurred whilst you are in Hospital. These accounts are not the responsibility of the Hospital and will therefore be charged separately:

• Anaesthetic
• Emergency Centre attendance (if you received treatment in the Emergency Centre prior to your admission, a separate account will be rendered for these services)
• Hiring of physical aids
• Pathology (Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology)
• Radiology (Queensland X-Ray)
• Cardiology (Hearts 1st)
• Pharmacy
• Allied Health
• Your treating doctor's fees