Trends in uptake of the 75+ health assessment in Australia: a decade of evaluation

In Australia, older adults aged 75+ years are encouraged to avail themselves of the comprehensive 75+ health assessment (75+ HA) to identify medical conditions and highlight potential risk factors for poor health. However, uptake of this item has been reported to be low. This study aimed to identi...

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Main Authors:	Hamirudin, Aliza Haslinda, Ghosh, Abhijeet, Charlton, Karen, Bonney, Andrew, Walton, Karen
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	CSIRO 2015
Subjects:	RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
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spelling	iium-469752016-07-19T03:29:27Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/46975/ Trends in uptake of the 75+ health assessment in Australia: a decade of evaluation Hamirudin, Aliza Haslinda Ghosh, Abhijeet Charlton, Karen Bonney, Andrew Walton, Karen RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine In Australia, older adults aged 75+ years are encouraged to avail themselves of the comprehensive 75+ health assessment (75+ HA) to identify medical conditions and highlight potential risk factors for poor health. However, uptake of this item has been reported to be low. This study aimed to identify the uptake of the 75+ HA within regional areas of New South Wales and compare this against state and national trends over an 11-year period. Data on uptake of the 75+ HA for item numbers 700 and 702, from 1999 until 2010, were obtained from the Medicare Australia portal and Department of Health and Ageing databases. Trends over time were collated and compared at the regional, state and national level. The study found that an increasing number of the 75+ HAs were performed from 1999 to 2009. Overall, the uptake of the 75+ HA is generally low across Australia, at ~20% of the eligible population, but varied across states and even regions within states. The study also revealed that despite low uptake encouraging trends were evident over a decade of 75+ HA implementation. It is argued that strategies in improving the uptake should be targeted for early identification of health risk and overall improved quality of health in older adults. CSIRO 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/46975/3/46975_trends_in_uptake_of_the_75.pdf Hamirudin, Aliza Haslinda and Ghosh, Abhijeet and Charlton, Karen and Bonney, Andrew and Walton, Karen (2015) Trends in uptake of the 75+ health assessment in Australia: a decade of evaluation. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 21 (4). pp. 423-428. ISSN 1448-7527 http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/PY14074 doi:10.1071/PY14074
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spellingShingle	RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine Hamirudin, Aliza Haslinda Ghosh, Abhijeet Charlton, Karen Bonney, Andrew Walton, Karen Trends in uptake of the 75+ health assessment in Australia: a decade of evaluation
description	In Australia, older adults aged 75+ years are encouraged to avail themselves of the comprehensive 75+ health assessment (75+ HA) to identify medical conditions and highlight potential risk factors for poor health. However, uptake of this item has been reported to be low. This study aimed to identify the uptake of the 75+ HA within regional areas of New South Wales and compare this against state and national trends over an 11-year period. Data on uptake of the 75+ HA for item numbers 700 and 702, from 1999 until 2010, were obtained from the Medicare Australia portal and Department of Health and Ageing databases. Trends over time were collated and compared at the regional, state and national level. The study found that an increasing number of the 75+ HAs were performed from 1999 to 2009. Overall, the uptake of the 75+ HA is generally low across Australia, at ~20% of the eligible population, but varied across states and even regions within states. The study also revealed that despite low uptake encouraging trends were evident over a decade of 75+ HA implementation. It is argued that strategies in improving the uptake should be targeted for early identification of health risk and overall improved quality of health in older adults.
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author	Hamirudin, Aliza Haslinda Ghosh, Abhijeet Charlton, Karen Bonney, Andrew Walton, Karen
author_facet	Hamirudin, Aliza Haslinda Ghosh, Abhijeet Charlton, Karen Bonney, Andrew Walton, Karen
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title	Trends in uptake of the 75+ health assessment in Australia: a decade of evaluation
title_short	Trends in uptake of the 75+ health assessment in Australia: a decade of evaluation
title_full	Trends in uptake of the 75+ health assessment in Australia: a decade of evaluation
title_fullStr	Trends in uptake of the 75+ health assessment in Australia: a decade of evaluation
title_full_unstemmed	Trends in uptake of the 75+ health assessment in Australia: a decade of evaluation
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Trends in uptake of the 75+ health assessment in Australia: a decade of evaluation

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