CHRONIC liver disease could be better managed with improved care, according to a new study from researchers from Flinders Medical Centre and Flinders University in SA.
The main aim of their work was to assess the efficacy of a chronic disease management model to reduce liver-related hospital admissions.
According to the study, "the liver-related emergency admissions rate was not significantly improved despite robust intervention, nor was any improvement in patient survival recorded".
But benefits included reduced emergency hospital admissions, due to hepatic encephalopathy, one of the most frequent, preventable and expensive causes for admission in patients with decompensated cirrhosis.
More than six million Australians suffer from chronic liver disease.
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