Do immigrants from Turkey, Pakistan and Yugoslavia receive adequate medical treatment with beta-blockers and statins after acute myocardial infarction compared with Danish-born residents? A register-based follow-up study

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  • Nana Folmann Hempler
  • Diderichsen, Finn
  • Finn Breinholt Larsen
  • Steen Ladelund
  • Torben Jørgensen
We undertook a study investigating whether immigrants from Turkey, Pakistan and Yugoslavia received adequate medical treatment with beta-blockers and statins after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) when compared with Danish-born residents and explored whether associations between patient origin and medical treatment were mediated by socioeconomic status (SES).
Original languageEnglish
JournalEuropean Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
Volume66
Issue number7
Pages (from-to)735-42
Number of pages8
ISSN0031-6970
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010

    Research areas

  • Acute Disease, Adolescent, Adrenergic beta-Antagonists, Adult, Denmark, Emigrants and Immigrants, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors, Male, Medication Adherence, Middle Aged, Models, Statistical, Myocardial Infarction, Pakistan, Social Class, Turkey, Yugoslavia

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