Heart failure: ‘Only 3% of patients on a GP care plan get timely review’
A primary care study shows, despite Medicare funding, there are gaps in optimum management
GPs are under-utilising Medicare items to support heart failure care, with only a fraction of patients who receive a management plan being followed up with timely reviews, Australia real-world data show.
Analysis of nearly two million patient records has found only 60% of adults with a heart failure diagnosis have a GP management plan, one-third received a review and just 3% had a review annually or more frequently.
