Program Results

The APCC Program has resulted in key changes within Australian primary care and better health outcomes for patients with chronic disease, including: 

  • Improved patient care through better management of Chronic Disease
  • Increased best practice care through better use of information systems (both medical and business systems)
  • Evolving roles among practice staff to better meet patient demand
  • A cultural shift from individual patient care to population based care   

The Improvements

To date, more than 70 Divisions and over 1000 Australian general practices have achieved significant improvements through their involvement in the APCC Program. The following improvements in evidence based clinical measures have been recorded. 

Phase 2 results

The graphs in the following documents are not intended for academic or research reference. They are produced for the purposes of managing, tracking and monitoring improvements through the APCC Program.


Diabetes, Coronary Heart Disease and Access & Care Redesign:

 

Wave 1 (NSW, QLD & ACT) Results

To view a PDF of the report, please click here.

 

Wave 2 (WA, SA & NT) Results

To view a PDF of the report, please click here.


Wave 3 (Victoria & Tasmania) Results (from baseline to month 17)

To view a PDF of the full report, please click here. Two key changes throughout the wave had a direct impact on wave results. These changes occurred at month 7/8 of the wave, they were:

  • Changes to the measurement framework, including:
    a. a new 'cholesterol' measure introduced for the coronary heart disease (CHD) topic
    b. the CHD blood pressure (BP) measure changed from ≤140/90 to ≤130/80
  • A change in collection and reporting systems, which required participants to transfer to a new reporting system.

It was expected that the introduction of these changes would cause some disruption to longitudinal measurement.

 

Wave 4 (national) Results (from baseline to month 10)

To view a PDF of the report, please click here. Key results to date include:

  • A 14% improvement in patients on the diabetes register whose HbA1c was recorded (in the last 12 months) at ≤7.0%
  • An 12% improvement in patients on the diabetes register whose cholesterol was recorded (in the last 12 months) at <4.  

To view wave 4 (month 9) results, please click here

To view wave 4 (month 8) results, please click here.

 

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Chronic Disease Prevention & Self Management:


Wave 5 (national) Results (from baseline to month 8)


To view a PDF of the report, please click here. Key results to date include:

  • A 20% improvement in patients on the COPD register with a recorded Spirometry screen, at any time
  • A 14% improvement in patients on the COPD register who have had their smoking status assessed within the previous 12 months.

To view wave 5 (month 7) results, please click here

To view wave 5 (month 6) results, please click here.  

 

For Phase 1 Results, click here.

 

 

Last Updated 14 July 2010