What is “Elderly Health Care Voucher Pilot Reward Scheme” ?
Starting from 13 November 2023, once an elderly person has accumulated Voucher spending of $1,000 or above on designated Primary Health Care services (“PHC services”) within the same year, the eHealth System (Subsidies) will automatically allot $500 reward to the elderly person’s Health Care Voucher account for using on designated PHC services in future.
The designated PHC services including:
- Preventive services
(e.g. health assessment, body check, vaccination, etc.) - Follow-up/monitoring of long-term conditions
(e.g. treatment for chronic diseases) - Chronic Disease Co-care Pilot Scheme
(e.g. Hypertension and diabetes mellitus screening services, medical consultations and drugs in treatment phase, etc.) - District Health Centres/District Health Centre Expresses
(e.g. the Chronic Disease Management Programme on osteoarthritic knee pain and low back pain) - The University of Hong Kong - Shenzhen Hospital and its Health Centre
(e.g. Receive outpatient services on preventive and follow-up/monitoring of long-term conditions provided at the designated clinics)
