Highlights the need for definitive, Australian-specific data to accurately quantify the growing public health and economic burden of heart failure.
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Imprecise Australian HF burden estimates may misguide planning; leaves open the need for dedicated national data collection.
Australia is not immune to the growing magnitude and implications of a sustained epidemic of HF in an ageing population. However, its public health and economic burden will remain ill-defined until more definitive Australian-specific data are generated.
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