A call for action with the burden of cirrhosis in Australia
Abstract
Unlike most other chronic diseases and cancers in Australia, outcomes for cirrhosis and hepatocellular cancer are not improving. Public hospitals are overwhelmed by decompensated cirrhosis and struggling to provide best practice care for the large population of patients with less severe (compensated) cirrhosis. Adding to this dysfunction is a lack of education and support for the primary care workforce. To improve the current care for patients with cirrhosis, we must recognise the current poor outcomes and develop appropriate policy responses, including increasing workforce capacity via training of the primary care workforce and establishment of shared care models.
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Authors: Alan J. Wigg, Alvin Lee, Richard Lewis Reed, Gill Harvey, James P. O’Beirne, Rachel Wundke, Richard John Woodman, Elaine Leung, John Thomson, David Stephen Prince, Mai H. Duong, Leon Anton Adams, Gary Deed, Jeyamani Ramachandran, Michael Nugent, Rohit Sawhney, Steven J. Bollipo, Asif Chinnaratha, Sally Castle, Melanie Carew, Jonathan D. Karnon, Billie Bonevski
Institutions: The University of Adelaide, University of the Sunshine Coast, Monash University, The University of Western Australia, University of Newcastle Australia, Newcastle University, Flinders University, Eastern Health, Liverpool Hospital, Sunshine Coast University Hospital, John Hunter Hospital, Foundation for Liver Research, Lyell McEwin Hospital