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The level of funding provided by the Commonwealth was to be based on the average AustralianMedicare expenditure multiplied by two, in acknowledgement of higher Indigenous needs, and byanother factor of two, if remote.Sunrise Health Service is a Community Controlled Health Service that was established in 2002based on a funds pooling model. In the early years of the establishment of the service Medicarefor the region was cashed out, but following the establishment phase in 2005, the fundingarrangement changed with the service required to generate Medicare income to supplement theNTDH&CS and specific DoHA program funding.A total of 21 Health zones were defined and priority zones were nominated in the Barkly andCentral Australia: Anmatjere, Eastern Arrernte-Alyawarra, Luritja-Pintubi, Northern Barkly andWarlpiri, and two health zones in the Top End: South East Top End and Darwin, as well as theformer Aboriginal Coordinated Care Trial sites at Katherine West and in the Tiwi Islands.Figure 3.5 NT Primary Health Care Access Program Zones 2003 (69) .The structure and process adopted for the implementation of PHCAP was complex, involvingthree layers of decision-making processes, across 21 zones, to a population of around 50,000Chapter 3: Progress Against PCDS Objectives – Evaluation of the NT Preventable Chronic Disease Strategy 2007 61