ArticleBritish journal of clinical pharmacology2005
Socioeconomic gradient in use of statins among Danish patients: population-based cross-sectional study.
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- Relationship between Statin Utilization and Socioeconomic Deprivation in Hungary.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2016Article
- Income differences in the type of antihypertensive medicines used in ambulatory settings in Finland: a register-based study.European journal of clinical pharmacology · 2015Article
- Statin use and risk of nonmelanoma skin cancer: a nationwide study in Denmark.British journal of cancer · 2015Article
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- Variation in prescribing of lipid-lowering medication in primary care is associated with incidence of cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality in people with screen-detected diabetes: findings from the ADDITION-Denmark trial.Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association · 2014Observational
- Pre-existing atrial fibrillation and risk of arterial thromboembolism and death following pneumonia: a population-based cohort study.BMJ open · 2014Article
- Variations in statin prescribing for primary cardiovascular disease prevention: cross-sectional analysis.BMC health services research · 2014Article
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Abstract
aimsSocioeconomic inequalities in statin use are a public health concern but they may also confound observational studies of statins' effectiveness. We conducted a population-based cross-sectional study in Denmark to examine the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and statin use.
methodsWe obtained data on socioeconomic status of all persons in North Jutland County, Denmark, between 1995 and 1999 from the Prevention Registry at Statistics Denmark. Data on filled statin prescriptions were identified through the County Prescription Database. We compared the 1-year prevalence proportions of statin use for different socioeconomic groups, adjusted for age and urbanization. Separate analyses were done for patients with a history of cardiovascular disease as recorded in the County Hospital Discharge Registry.
resultsAmong men with cardiovascular disease, statin use in 1995 was higher in those with the highest socioeconomic status (adjusted relative prevalence proportion (RPP) among top managers 1.86, 95% CI: 1.17-2.96), and lower among retired men (RPP (95% CI) 0.63 [0.43-0.93] in old-age pensioners, and 0.66 [0.45-0.98] in the early retired), when compared with basic-level workers. The socioeconomic differences in statin use among men decreased in magnitude over time but remained throughout the study period. We found no clear social gradient in statin use among women.
conclusionsEven in a health care system that claims to ensure a high degree of equity in medical care, we found clear indications of a socioeconomic gradient in statin use among men in the years after the launching of these drugs.
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