Secondary prevention: investment needed
Report proposes a way forward to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease
20th February 2019
By Clare Pain
Poor rates of referral to cardiac rehabilitation are among the barriers to improving secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease, a report says.
Health Minister, Greg Hunt, Professor Tom Marwick and others at the report launch
The report, No Second Chances, from the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute in Melbourne, argues that investment in secondary prevention is the most cost-effective way to tackle the disease, which