What is it about?
To obtain a region-specific prevalence of chronic diseases and mental health disorders through the use of patient data obtained during primary care patient interactions using a previously piloted methodology.
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Why is it important?
This proof-of-concept study demonstrates that the scope of data collected during patient visits to their general practitioners (GPs), facilitated through the Medicare-funded primary health care system in Australia, provides an opportunity for monitoring of chronic disease prevalence and its associated risk factors at the local level.
Perspectives
This is good evidence to support the fact that geberal practice data (if accurate, comprehensive and aviablae/accessible in a timely manner) has the potential to addressing the deficiencies in the evidence-base for primary practice in regional Australia
Dr Abhijeet Ghosh
Coordinare Ltd
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This page is a summary of: Using data from patient interactions in primary care for population level chronic disease surveillance: The Sentinel Practices Data Sourcing (SPDS) project, BMC Public Health, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-557.
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