Gazing through time and beyond the health sector: Insights from a system dynamics model of cardiovascular disease in Australia.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To construct a whole-of-system model to inform strategies that reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in Australia.

Methods

A system dynamics model was developed with a multidisciplinary modelling consortium. The model population comprised Australians aged 40 years and over, and the scope encompassed acute and chronic CVD as well as primary and secondary prevention. Health outcomes were CVD-related deaths and hospitalisations, and economic outcomes were the net benefit from both the healthcare system and societal perspectives. The eight strategies broadly included creating social and physical environments supportive of a healthy lifestyle, increasing the use of preventive treatments, and improving systems response to acute CVD events. The effects of stra

SUBMITTER: Peng CQ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8483334 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature