A call for action with the burden of cirrhosis in Australia
Unlike most other chronic diseases and cancers in Australia, outcomes for cirrhosis and hepatocellular cancer are not improving. Public hospitals are overwhelmed by decompensated cirrhosis and struggling to provide best practice care for the large population of patients with less severe (compensated) cirrhosis. Adding to this dysfunction is a lack of education and support for the primary care workforce. To improve the current care for patients with cirrhosis, we must recognise the current poor outcomes and develop appropriate policy responses, including increasing workforce capacity via training of the primary care workforce and establishment of shared care models.
Authors
- Richard John Woodman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4094-1222)
- Jonathan D. Karnon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3220-2099)
- Steven J. Bollipo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9511-7380)
- Rohit Sawhney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8131-2182)
- Gill Harvey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0937-7819)
- Jeyamani Ramachandran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2505-9274)
- James P. O’Beirne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3400-2816)
- Asif Chinnaratha
- Melanie Carew (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4266-5604)
- Alan J. Wigg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8054-5745)
- Billie Bonevski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8505-622X)
- Rachel Wundke
- Michael Nugent
- Mai H. Duong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6764-3233)
- David Stephen Prince (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8087-0548)
- Sally Castle
- Richard Lewis Reed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5115-4726)
- Gary Deed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6914-0982)
- Leon Anton Adams (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3968-7909)
- Elaine Leung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9748-7270)
- John Thomson
- Alvin Lee
Institutions
- Flinders University (AU)
- University of the Sunshine Coast (AU)
- The University of Western Australia (AU)
- John Hunter Hospital (AU)
- Liverpool Hospital (AU)
- Lyell McEwin Hospital (AU)
- Foundation for Liver Research (GB)
- Eastern Health (AU)
- Sunshine Coast University Hospital (AU)
- Monash University (AU)
- The University of Adelaide (AU)
- University of Newcastle Australia (AU)
- Newcastle University (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Australian Health Review
- Published
- 2026-10-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1071/ah26070
- Primary Topic
- Liver Disease and Transplantation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00