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Private Health Insurance (Benefit Requirements) Rules 2011
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### 9. Other patient
(1) In this Schedule, other patient is deemed to be a patient at a hospital who is receiving any treatment that involves part of an overnight stay, but who is not:
(a) an advanced surgical patient;
(b) a surgical patient;
(c) an obstetric patient;
(d) a psychiatric patient; or
(e) a rehabilitation patient.
Note: A patient receiving hospital treatment that is palliative care as described in item 1 of the table in subsection 72‑1(2) of the Act is deemed to be in the category of 'other patient'.