At 7:47 pm +1000 28/5/07, Elizabeth Dodd wrote:
On Monday 28 May 2007 16:15, Ken Harvey wrote:
Although the AIHW said it did not have access to patient information
that would allow it to explore why patients were stopping their
medications,
You might be interested that in a smaller community,
adherence/compliance/actually_taking_meds is higher.
They go to cards and discuss their cholesterol results, compare their blood
pressure drugs and you just can't say "My cholesterol is 7 because I quit the
tabs".
Really be interesting to see what our figures would be.
But that probably applies to any patient where there is continuity of
care and a personal connection between the GP and the patient. In a
place where a patient is a medicare card, that may not apply.
Interesting to know if anyone has researched that.
Maybe Medicare should be rewarding continuity based on individual
doctors and not practices, especially since there is already evidence
that continuity of practitioner provides better outcomes.
Ian.
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