Terms of Use of Means Test Calculator

This Calculator is applicable to waiver application of eligible persons.
If patients / applicants intend to apply for medical fee waiving, they can use the Means Test Calculator (the Calculator) to make a preliminary estimation of their household financial eligibility for medical fee waiving.
Financial assessment should be conducted by Medical Social Worker (MSW) / Social Worker (SW) of Integrated Family Service Centres and the Family and Child Protective Services Units of Social Welfare Department (IFSCs / FCPSUs of SWD) for each medical fee waiver application on a household basis. Patients / applicants can approach MSW or SW of IFSCs / FCPSUs of SWD during office hours for related enquiries / assessment.
The Calculator can only compute your household financial eligibility based on the financial figures that you have entered. The result of the assessment is for reference only and does not guarantee that you will be granted for the waiver. In a formal application, applicant must bring along the originals, as well as the copies of the relevant supporting documents. MSW may request other documents or contact related family members for verification of information when necessary.
Before you start, you are advised to visit “Waiving Mechanism of Public Hospitals” of the Hospital Authority(HA)’s website and read the related patient information leaflets.
All the information entered in the Calculator will not be submitted to the HA. You may immediately print it out or save the Calculator data into your computer device as reference.
The currency indicated in the Calculator is Hong Kong dollar. Please disregard the decimal point and enter the value as integer dollars.
The HA accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of the self-assessment of your household financial resources provided by the Calculator, and any loss or misrepresentation incurred by its use.

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Introduction of Medical Fee Waiver Application (For Eligible Persons)

Introduction of Medical Fee Waiver Application:
To ensure the principle that no one will be denied adequate medical care due to lack of means be upheld, besides recipients of Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA)¹, since July 2017, the Hospital Authority extended the coverage of medical fee waivers for public health care to older Old Age Living Allowance (OALA) recipients with more financial needs (renamed as Higher OALA recipients aged 75 or above with effective from 1 Jun 2018) will also be waived from payment of public health care expenses² . Payment will be waived upon presentation of identity proof and claim their waiver eligibility status by patient each time they register for consultation and their waiver status could be confirmed through online eligibility checking. To assist the three vulnerable groups in the community, i.e., the low income group, chronically ill patients and elderly patients who have little income or assets but who are not CSSA recipients / Higher OALA recipients aged 75, the Government provides them with effective protection from undue financial burden through medical fee waiver mechanism.
Eligibility:
MSW / SW will assess the waiver application on household basis, mainly taking into account the income and assets of the patient and his / her core family members living under the same roof. For patients who fail to meet the financial criteria, the MSW /SW may also exercise discretion to grant waivers, where appropriate, to a patient with special difficulties on a case-by-case basis.
Application procedures:
Patients who have financial difficulties in paying medical expenses could apply for medical fee waiving. Applicants can bring along original and copy of relevant documents ³ as follows and approach MSWs or SWs of IFSCs / FCPSUs of SWD during office hours for assessment.
¹ With effective from March 2017, Level 0 Voucher Holders of the Pilot Scheme on Residential Care Service Voucher for the Elderly are also waived from payment of public health care expenses. ² Starting from 15 Jul 2017, the medical fee waiver for public medical fees has been extended to cover OALA recipients meeting the eligibility criteria and from 1 Jun 2018, the medical fee waiving arrangement is also applicable to Higher OALA recipients aged 75 or above, and it has been further extended to those Higher OALA recipients aged 75 or above under the Guangdong Scheme and Fujian Scheme since 1 June 2021. ³ Information related to documents required for application, please visit “Waiving Mechanism of Public Hospitals” of the HA’s website and read the related patient information leaflets for application details.

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No. of elderly household members aged 65 or over (including patient): 0

Please input the average monthly income of the patient and all household members living under the same roof in the past 6 months. All of the patient's and his / her household members' incomes received inside and outside Hong Kong in the past 6 months should be included for calculating the average monthly income. Normal Disability Allowance, Higher Disability Allowance, Old Age Living Allowance, and Old Age Allowance should not be taken into account as household income.		* Mandatory field

	Patient	Household member *	Subtotal
Aged 65 or above at the time of application	Yes No	Yes No
Salary Include income from full-time / part-time employment, self-employment / business
Allowance / Commission Include housing, education, travel, meal and shift allowances etc, and commissions such as tip and profit
Bonus / Year End Payment Include bonus / year end payment such as remuneration and gratuity in the past 6 months
Benefits-in-kind Include housing, education, travel, meal benefits etc
Pension Monthly retirement income
Rental Income Include rents from apartments, shops, commercial buildings, factories, carparks and land etc
Regular Financial Contributions from Children, Relatives and Friends who are not Living Together with Patient Include money or contribution of housing / water / electricity or other living expenses
Others Include alimony, subsidy, compensation received on a regular basis and payout provided under the annuity scheme etc
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# Currency used is Hong Kong dollars. Please disregard the decimal point and enter the value as integer dollars.

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No. of elderly household members aged 65 or over (including patient):: 0

Please input the total assets of the patient and all household members living under the same roof. All assets under their names regardless of being individually or jointly held, in Hong Kong or outside Hong Kong For jointly-owned assets by patient and household members → one entry of the total value of the asset would be enough to avoid double counting in the calculation. For assets that are jointly owned with non-household members → only the value of the share of patient/household members should be included in the calculation.

	Patient	Household member 1	Subtotal
Cash Include Hong Kong and foreign currencies
Deposits & Savings Include all savings (Hong Kong and foreign currencies), time deposit, current, club deposit, integrated account, investment and securities account, Jockey Club betting account and others
Investment Items Include stocks, shares, warrants, funds, bonds, other investments
Insurance / Annuity Scheme Investment-linked insurance policies; cash value, dividend and other disposable value provided by life insurance policy / annuity scheme, but the one-off lump-sum or instalment premium payment placed under annuity scheme would not be counted
Non-owner Occupied Property Include non-owner occupied apartments, shops, commercial buildings, factories
Carpark Include carpark that is vacant, rented or self-occupied
Land Include land that is vacant, rented or self-occupied
Other Realizable Assets Vehicle, Gold, Jewellery, Assets held in trust by others , E-wallet and other valuable possession (excluding tools of trade)
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# Currency used is Hong Kong dollars. Please disregard the decimal point and enter the value as integer dollars.

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Based on the information that you have entered, the preliminary assessment result is as follows :
Assessment information is as follows:

Monthly Household Gross Income:	$	Monthly Household Gross Income is below 50% of Median Monthly Domestic Household Income Monthly Household Gross Income is between 50% and 75% of Median Monthly Domestic Household Income Monthly Household Gross Income is above 75% of Median Monthly Domestic Household Income
Total Household Asset:	$	Total Household Asset is within limit Total Household Asset is exceeds limit

Disclaimer

Financial assessment should be conducted by MSW/SW for each medical fee waiver application on a household basis. Patients / applicants can approach MSW or SW during office hours for elated enquiries / assessment.

The Means Test Calculator (the Calculator) can only compute your household financial eligibility based on the financial figures that you have entered. The result of the assessment is for reference only and does not guarantee that you will be granted the medical waiver. For formal application, the patient / the applicant must bring along the original as well as copies for the relevant supporting documents. MSW / SW may request other documents or contact related family members for verification of information when necessary.

All the information entered in the Calculator will not be submitted to the HA. You may immediately print it out or save the Calculator data into your computer device as reference. The currency indicated in the Calculator is Hong Kong dollar.

The HA accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of the self-assessment of your household financial resources provided by the Calculator, and any loss or misrepresentation incurred by its use.

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Introduction of Medical Fee Waiver Application (For Eligible Persons)

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