Evidence for a gender and age inequality in the prescribing of preventative cardiovascular therapies to the elderly in primary care.
Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Trinity Centre, St. James' Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland. usherc@tcd.ie
Cara
C
Usher
Kathleen
K
Bennett
John
J
Feely
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