The efficiency of cardiovascular risk assessment: do the right patients get statin treatment?
The efficiency of cardiovascular risk assessment: do the right patients get statin treatment?
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DOI:
10.1136/heartjnl-2013-303698
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发表时间:
2013-11-01
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影响因子:
5.7
通讯作者:
Gulliford, Martin
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作者:
van Staa, Tjeerd-Pieter;Smeeth, Liam;Gulliford, Martin
Objective To evaluate targeting of statin prescribing for primary prevention to those with high cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk.Design Two cohort studies including the general population and initiators of statins aged 35-74 years.Setting UK primary care records in the Clinical Practice Research Datalink.Patients 3.8 million general population patients and 300 914 statin users.Intervention Statin prescribing.Main outcome measures Statin prescribing by CVD risk; observed 5-year CVD risks; variability between practices.Results Statin prescribing increased substantially over time to patients with high 10-year CVD risk (20%): 7.0% of these received a statin prior to 2007, and 30.4% in 2007 onwards. Prescribing to patients with low risk (