Proposal: A Retrospective Review of Heart Failure Admissions and Geography Within the Riverina

Jed Kitson, A/Prof Joseph Suttie

Aims

To map heart failure admissions in the Murrumbidgee Local Health District. To correlate outcomes before, during and after hospital admission for heart failure and geographic proximity to specialist heart failure care.

Hypothesis

There is a geographical correlation between pre-admission management and proximity to

specialist heart failure care.

Method

A retrospective chart review of consecutive admissions to the Wagga Wagga Rural

Referral Hospital for confirmed heart failure will be used to collect medical and geographical data for descriptive analysis. The main measures and outcomes will be medical therapy before and after admission, comorbidities, readmission and mortality.

Conclusion

Disease mapping of heart failure admissions and outcomes in the Riverina may guide

policy and provision of healthcare resources in a geographically diverse area.