Better Cardiac Care measures for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: sixth national report 2021

The Better Cardiac Care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People project is an initiative of the former Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council. It aims to reduce deaths and ill health from cardiac conditions among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. Five priority areas comprising 21 measures were developed to monitor the progress of the project. In this sixth national report, 14 measures in the earlier reports have been updated.

Main sections:

· Better Cardiac Care project

· Reporting on the Better Cardiac Care measures

· Data development plan

· Priority area 1: Early cardiovascular risk assessment and management

· Priority area 2: Timely diagnosis of heart disease and heart failure

· Priority area 3: Guideline-based therapy for acute coronary syndrome

· Priority area 4: Optimisation of health status and provision of ongoing preventive care

· Priority area 5: Strengthening the diagnosis, notification and follow-up of rheumatic heart disease

· Summary measures: Hospitalisation and mortality

· Appendix A: Data sources

· Appendix B: Technical specifications

· Appendix C: Summary results, by measure