Abstract:
OBJECTIVES:This study was designed to determine adherence to outpatient beta-blocker therapy following acute myocardial infarction (AMI). BACKGROUND:The importance of beta-blocker therapy after AMI is widely recognized. Outpatient adherence with this recommendation, however, is not well described. METHODS:Data on 846 patients surviving AMI were studied. Factors associated with filling a beta-blocker prescription within 30 days postdischarge and the proportion of patients who were or were not discharged on beta-blockers who filled prescriptions for them by 30, 180, and 365 days post-AMI discharge were assessed. RESULTS:Patients with a discharge order for beta-blocker therapy were more likely to fill a prescription in the first 30 days postdischarge (hazard ratio [HR] 15.82, 95% confidence interval [CI], 10.75 to 23.26). Patients older than age 75 years were less likely than those age <65 years to fill a prescription (HR 0.63, 95% CI 0.42 to 0.93). Gender, race, and being an ideal candidate did not affect beta-blocker use. Among patients who were discharged on beta-blockers, 85% of survivors had filled a prescription by 30 days postdischarge, and 63% and 61% were current users at 180 and 365 days, respectively. In contrast, only 8% of those patients with no discharge order for beta-blockers had filled such a prescription by 30 days, and 13% and 12% of patients were current users at 180 and 365 days, respectively. CONCLUSIONS:Patients not discharged on beta-blockers are unlikely to be started on them as outpatients. For patients who are discharged on beta-blockers after AMI, there is a significant decline in use after discharge. Quality improvement efforts need to be focused on improving discharge planning and to continue these efforts after discharge.
journal_name
J Am Coll Cardioljournal_title
Journal of the American College of Cardiologyauthors
Butler J,Arbogast PG,BeLue R,Daugherty J,Jain MK,Ray WA,Griffin MRdoi
10.1016/s0735-1097(02)02379-3subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2002-11-06 00:00:00pages
1589-95issue
9eissn
0735-1097issn
1558-3597pii
S0735109702023793journal_volume
40pub_type
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