News-Medical.Net December 16, 2025
Chronic breathlessness, a symptom often overlooked by healthcare systems, is associated with longer lengths of hospital stay on already overstretched healthcare resources, says new Flinders University research.
A new study, published in the Australian Health Review, highlights an urgent need for clinicians and policymakers to recognize chronic breathlessness as a major driver of hospital admissions and healthcare costs.
Historically, health systems have focused on sudden, short-term episodes of breathlessness (acute breathlessness), leaving millions of people living with recurring breathlessness (chronic breathlessness) underdiagnosed and undertreated, despite its profound impact on daily life.
Lead author, Professor David Currow, Strategic Professor at the Flinders Ageing Alliance, says at least one in 300 Australians is housebound or struggles with basic tasks such as dressing...
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