Evidence for a gender and age inequality in the prescribing of preventative cardiovascular therapies to the elderly in primary care.
Usher
Cara
C
Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Trinity Centre, St. James' Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland. usherc@tcd.ie
Bennett
Kathleen
K
Feely
John
J
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002317:Cardiovascular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007494:Ireland; D008297:Male; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D011287:Prejudice; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055502:Secondary Prevention; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
D002317:Cardiovascular Agents