This AIHW Report has just been released. It analyses the differences in the supply of cardiovascular medicines and primary health-care services differs across regions in Australia. It also examines the complex relationship between cardiovascular diseases, remoteness and the supply of cardiovascular medicines and primary health-care services.
The report found that CVD death and hospitalisation rates increased with increasing remoteness and that the age-standardised prevalence of CVD was significantly higher in inner regional areas than in major cities. The supply of cardiovascular medicines was generally higher in regional areas, reflecting the poorer cardiovascular health outside major cities, but this pattern did not apply to serum-lipid-reducing agents, such as cholesterol-lowering medicines, where the supply decreased with increasing remoteness.
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