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| Company type | Government-owned company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Health care |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Headquarters | Haymarket, New South Wales |
Area served | Australia |
| Owner | Commonwealth and state and territory governments |
| Website | www |
Healthdirect Australia, otherwise known as just Healthdirect and formerly the National Health Call Centre Network, is the national health advice service in Australia.[1] Funded by the Australian Government and all state and territory governments,[2] Healthdirect provides a number of 24/7 health helplines to all Australians.[3]
The Healthdirect website provides general health advice, a symptom checker which compares symptoms against clinical presentations, and a health directory which lists many primary, secondary and tertiary care services.[4]
- ^ "Australian Government Directory by Portfolio - Healthdirect Australia". www.australia.gov.au. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- ^ "Get to know us". about.healthdirect.gov.au. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ Sprivulis, P; Carey, M; Rouse, I (February 2004). "Compliance with advice and appropriateness of emergency presentation following contact with the HealthDirect telephone triage service". Emergency Medicine Australasia. 16 (1): 35–40. doi:10.1111/j.1742-6723.2004.00538.x. PMID 15239753.
- ^ Ng, Joseph Y.; Fatovich, Daniel M.; Turner, Valender F.; Wurmel, Jennifer A.; Skevington, Sally A.; Philipps, Michael R. (November 2012). "Appropriateness of healthdirect referrals to the emergency department compared with self-referrals and GP referrals". Medical Journal of Australia. 197 (9): 498–502. doi:10.5694/mja12.10689. PMID 23121585. S2CID 9916006.