Demographic differences in the initiation and maintenance of statins in the first year post ACS in New Zealand: a data linkage study (ANZACS-QI 57)

CONCLUSION: After ACS discharge, the gap between prescribing and dispensing rates was small with only minor demographic variation. One in ten patients were not initially dispensed a statin. Although eight in ten patients were adequately maintained, only six in ten had optimal maintenance with clear ethnic and age differences, which may reflect more general disparities in healthcare.PMID:33927436
Source: New Zealand Medical Journal - Category: General Medicine Authors: Source Type: research