Chronic failure in primary care

Ineffective management of heart disease, asthma, diabetes and other chronic diseases costs the Australian health system more than $320 million each year in avoidable hospital admissions, according to a new Grattan Institute report.

Chronic failure in primary care finds that our primary care system provides only half the recommended care for many chronic conditions. Only a quarter of the nearly one million Australians diagnosed with type 2 diabetes get the monitoring and treatment recommended for their condition.

Chronic failure in primary care. by Hal Swerissen and Stephen Duckett. February 2016.