Racial/Ethnic and Gender Gaps in the Use of and Adherence to Evidence-Based Preventive Therapies Among Elderly Medicare Part D Beneficiaries After Acute Myocardial Infarction | Zendy

Julie C. Lauffenburger | Zendy; Jennifer G. Robinson | Zendy; Christine U. Oramasionwu | Zendy; Gang Fang | Zendy

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Racial/Ethnic and Gender Gaps in the Use of and Adherence to Evidence-Based Preventive Therapies Among Elderly Medicare Part D Beneficiaries After Acute Myocardial Infarction

Author(s) -

Julie C. Lauffenburger,

Jennifer G. Robinson,

Christine U. Oramasionwu,

Gang Fang

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.113.002658

Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial infarction , ethnic group , angiotensin converting enzyme , angiotensin receptor blockers , retrospective cohort study , logistic regression , medical prescription , cohort , blood pressure , pharmacology , sociology , anthropology

It is unclear whether gender and racial/ethnic gaps in the use of and patient adherence to β-blockers, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors/angiotensin receptor blockers, and statins after acute myocardial infarction have persisted after establishment of the Medicare Part D prescription program.

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