The cost of infarcts in Australia this year will be $18 billion dollars!
What should we do? Build more angioplasty suites? Train more cardoiologists?
If you missed Annette Katelaris’s last blog for 6minutes.com.au, its a beauty.
http://www.6minutes.com.au/annette_blog/blogposts.asp?postid=796
As Annette says – It pays to invest in primary care
She recommends Mrs Roxon read a recent article in the New Yorker Retin-A no prescription by our friend, Atul Gawande. Ordering Cialis
I hope she learns to treasure the diligent and capable primary care workforce that she oversees. This is the workforce that most adds to our nation’s health and in the most cost effective manner. I hope she starts identiftying the real wastage in our system……
I recommend you forward Annette’s article to your favourite person with influence.
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