Beta-Blocker Use in U.S. Nursing Home Residents After Myocardial Infarction: A National Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate how often beta-blockers were started after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in nursing home (NH) residents who previously did not use these drugs and to evaluate which factors were associated with post-AMI use of beta-blockers.

Design

Retrospective cohort using linked national Minimum Data Set assessments; Online Survey, Certification and Reporting records; and Medicare claims.

Setting

U.S. NHs.

Participants

National cohort of 15,720 residents aged 65 and older who were hospitalized for AMI between May 2007 and March 2010, had not taken beta-blockers for at least 4 months before their AMI, and survived 14 days or longer after NH readmission.

Measurements

The outcome was beta-blocker initiation within 30 days of NH readmission.

SUBMITTER: Zullo AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5397324 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature