Factors associated with the use of evidence-based therapies after discharge among elderly patients with myocardial infarction.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In an accompanying article, we report moderate between-hospital variation in the postdischarge use of beta-blockers, angiotensin-modifying drugs and statins by elderly patients who had been admitted to hospital with acute myocardial infarction. Our objective was to identify the characteristics of patients, physicians, hospitals and communities associated with differences in the use of these medications after discharge.

Methods

For this retrospective, population-based cohort study, we used linked administrative databases. We examined data for all patients aged 65 years or older who were discharged from hospital in 2005/06 with a diagnosis of myocardial infarction. We determined the effect of patient, physician, hospital and community characteristics on the rate of

SUBMITTER: Austin PC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2565714 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature