DOI: 10.5176/2382-5669_CCMR13.35
Authors: Richard Lewanczuk
Abstract:
Treating cardiometabolic disease is traditionally addressed at the individual patient level. However, population-based data can be highly instructive regarding the system considerations necessary to support the care of individuals.
Aberta Health Services (AHS) is the arm's length government organization charged with providing universal health care to the 3.6 million people of province of Alberta, Canada. As with all health care systems, AHS is under pressure to reduce costs and improve outcomes. With a history active engagement in chronic disease management, AHS and academic partners set out to collect data that would allow an understanding of the system issues and challenges that would aid in better prevention, treatment and control of cardiometabolic disease.
Methods: Accessing population-wide Alberta Health Services provincial databases, relationships between cost, outcomes, markers of chronic disease management and primary care were assessed.
Conclusion: Efective strategies to prevent, effectively treat, and prevent end-stages of cardiometabolic disease require an integrated approach between the health care system, primary care providers and specialty care.
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