Effective ambulatory services and community heart failure care may mitigate its impact on our health care system
Heart failure imposes a significant burden on the Australian health care system. Driven by the increasing number of patients diagnosed each year, repeated hospitalisations and long inpatient stays result in substantial morbidity and costs to the health care system.1
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