Summary
The Better Cardiac Care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People project is an initiative of the Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council that aims to reduce deaths and ill health from cardiac conditions among Indigenous Australians.
A set of 21 measures were developed to monitor the progress of the project. Data are available to report on 14 of the measures. This report is the third national report in which data were updated and/or modified for 11 measures that were reported in previous reports. In addition, it provides new data for 3 other measures.
Preliminary material: Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Symbols
1 Introduction
- Better Cardiac Care project
- Reporting on the Better Cardiac Care measures
2 Results
- Priority area 1: Early cardiovascular risk assessment and management
- Priority area 2: Timely diagnosis of heart disease and heart failure
- Priority area 3: Guideline-based therapy for acute coronary syndrome
- Priority area 4: Optimisation of health status and provision of ongoing preventive care
- Priority area 5: Strengthening the diagnosis, notification and follow-up of rheumatic heart disease
Summary measures: hospitalisation and mortality
- Measure 6.1: Hospitalisations for cardiac conditions
- Measure 6.2: Deaths due to cardiac conditions
Appendixes
Appendix A: Data sources
Appendix B: Technical specifications
Appendix C: Summary results, by measure
End matter: Glossary; References; List of tables; List of figures; Related publications