Patient Preferences for the Delivery of Cardiac Rehabilitation

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death globally [1] and in Australia [2]. In 2015, CVD accounted for 45,392 or 29% of all deaths in Australia [3]. A high proportion of CVD events occur in people already diagnosed with Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) with one in four people having a repeat event [4]. These repeat events have a high risk of death, 21% for women and 14% for men [5]. In Australia the cost of repeat Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) events exceeded $8 billion in 2010 with predictions that the number of hospitalisations due to repeat events is likely to increase by more than 30% by 2020 [5].

Source: Patient Education and Counseling - July 12, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mary Boyde, Jenny Rankin, Jennifer A. Whitty, Robyn Peters, Julie Holliday, Charmaine Baker, Rita Hwang, Donna Lynagh, Dariusz Korczyk Source Type: research