Team-based care tick
October 16, 2015
MORE than 90% of respondents
to a Consumers Health Forum
survey on primary health said they
supported “team-based care” for
people with chronic conditions.
According to CHF ceo Leanne
Wells, the outcome of the poll is
yet another strong argument for a
more patient-centred system.
She said Australians see the need
for co-ordinated care, with more
than 75% supporting the concept of
enrolment to a specific practice for
chronic patients.
“These views from a survey of
more than 1,000 respondents
should reinforce efforts by the
Health Minister, Sussan Ley, to
reform chronic care so that the
patient is the focus of coordinated
arrangements, led by the GP and
involving other practitioners such
as practice nurses, physiotherapists,
psychologists, podiatrists and
pharmacists,” Wells concluded.
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