Abstract
AIM: To study the role of sex, age and concomitant diseases for prescription of cardiovascular drugs among patients with heart failure cared for in the community. METHODS AND RESULTS: In 15 European countries, a survey was conducted during 1999 and 2000 among 1363 primary care physicians who included 8256 patients with symptoms of heart failure. Predictors of drug prescription were assessed with multivariate logistic regression. Overall prescription rates for ACE-inhibitors/angiotensin receptor blockers (ACE-I/ARB), beta-blockers, digitalis, diuretics and oral anticoagulants were 69%, 30%, 41%, 75% and 18%. Women had no reduced likelihood to receive ACE-I/ARB and beta-blockers (odds ratio [OR]=0.96 [95% CI 0.87-1.06] and 1.02 [0.92-1.13], respectively), but prescription of oral anticoagulants was decreased (OR=0.74, 95% CI 0.65-0.84). Compared to patients
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 663-8 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | European Journal of Heart Failure |
Volume | 6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2004 |
Keywords
- ACE-inhibitors
- drug utilization
- oral anticoagulants
- heart failure
- beta-blockers
- quality of care