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Acute Health Division
Department of Human Services
Victoria, Australia

Ministerial Review of Coronary Care Services in Victoria December 1996

Contents

1. Message from the Minister
2. Foreword by the Chairman
3. Impetus for the Review and Terms of Reference
4. Key Findings of the Review
5. Summary of Recommendations
6. Introduction
7. Key Factors Influencing Demand for Coronary Care Services
8. Factors Influencing Referral to and Utilisation of Cardiac Services
9. The Role of Cardiac Care Units
10. The Structure of the Cardiac Care System
11. Cardiac Services Workforce
12. Rural Issues in Cardiac Services
13. Implementation, Monitoring, and Review

Appendices:

1. Management and Evaluation of Patients with Chest Pain Presenting to General Practitioners
2. Minimum Standards for Transport of the Critically Ill
3. Evaluation of Patients with Chest Pain Presenting to Emergency Departments
4. Classification of Metropolitan Emergency Departments
5. Policy on Support Facilities For Coronary Angiography and Angioplasty
6. Guidelines for Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty
7. Definition of Cardiac Beds
8. List of Sumissions to Coronary Care Review

Bibliography