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released: 22 Dec 1998 media release

Presents information on the prevalence of cardiovascular conditions in the community, their care in general practice and in hospital, the use of drugs to treat these conditions, the costs associated with cardiovascular health care, and the size of the specialised medical labour force involved with cardiovascular disease, It also describes the data sources relevant to monitoring medical care and assesses the uses and limitations of each collection. Medical Care of Cardiovascular Disease in Australia is a valuable resource for health planners, practitioners and researchers interested in cardiovascular conditions.

ISSN 1323-9236; ISBN 978 0 642 24788 9; Cat. no. CVD 4; 226pp.; OUT OF PRINT

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Medical care of cardiovascular disease in Australia

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Publication table of contents

  • Preliminary material (116K PDF)
    • Title page and verso
    • Contents
    • List of tables
    • Supplementary tables
    • List of figures
    • List of boxes
    • Preface
    • Acknowledgements
    • Summary
  • Sections
    • Introduction (30K PDF)
    • National data sources (140K PDF)
      • Australian Bureau of Statistics' National Health Survey 1995
      • Drug Utilization Sub-Committee Database
      • Medicare and Department of Veterans' Affairs medical benefits data
      • National Hospital Morbidity Database
      • Survey of Morbidity and Treatment in General Practice in Australia 1990-91
    • Non-hospital care (173K PDF)
      • Estimates from the Australian Bureau of Statistics' National Health Survey 1995
      • Estimates from the Survey of Morbidity and Treatment in General Practice in Australia 1990-91
      • National Heart Foundation Risk Factor Prevalence Study
      • Hunter Region Heart Disease Prevention Programme Risk Factor Prevalence Study
    • Hospital care
      • The National Hospital Morbidity Database (a: 309K PDF)
      • Medicare and Department of Veterans' Affairs medical benefits data (b: 232K PDF)
      • Estimates from the Australian Bureau of Statistics' National Health Survey 1995
      • National Heart Foundation cardiac surgery register
      • National Heart Foundation coronary angioplasty register
      • Australian casemix data
      • Waiting times for elective surgery in Australian public hospitals
      • Cardiothoracic transplants
      • Newcastle MONICA project
    • Drug use (225K PDF)
      • Estimates from the Drug Utilization Sub-Committee Database
      • Estimates from the Survey of Morbidity and Treatment in General Practice in Australia 1990-91
      • Estimates from the Australian Bureau of Statistics' National Health Survey 1995
      • Data from the Newcastle and Perth MONICA projects
      • Data from the Hunter Region Heart Disease Prevention Programme
    • Health care costs (204K PDF)
      • The Disease Costs and Impact Study
      • Australian casemix data
    • Medical labour force related to cardiovascular conditions (35K PDF)
      • Uses of medical labour force data for monitoring medical care of cardiovascular conditions
      • Number of medical practitioners and Medicare services in cardiovascular and related specialties
  • End matter
    • Appendixes (134K PDF)
      • Appendix A: Definitions of data items in the Australian Bureau of Statistics' National Health Survey 1995
      • Appendix B: Cardiovascular conditions included in estimates from the Australian Bureau of Statistics' National Health Survey 1995
      • Appendix C: Index of antithrombotic, lipid lowering and cardiovascular drugs by generic drug name
      • Appendix D: The classification of cardiovascular disease under the International Classification of Primary Care
      • Appendix E: Survey of Morbidity and Treatment in General Practice in Australia 1990-91 - list of treatments other than prescriptions
      • Appendix F: Survey of Morbidity and Treatment in General Practice in Australia 1990-91 - list of generic cardiovascular drugs and diuretics
      • Appendix G: Medicare Benefits Schedule-cardiovascular medical services
      • Appendix H: Summary of the Disease Costs and Impact Study methodologies
    • Supplementary tables (271K PDF)
    • Other matter (68K PDF)
      • Glossary
      • Index of data sources and their uses in this report
      • References
      • Related publications

Recommended citation

Waters AM, Armstrong T & Senes S 1998. Medical care of cardiovascular disease in Australia. Cardiovascular Disease Series. Cat. no. CVD 4. Canberra: AIHW.