Journal article
Regular primary care plays a significant role in secondary prevention of ischemic heart disease in a Western Australian cohort
K Einarsdóttir, DB Preen, JD Emery, CDAJ Holman
Journal of General Internal Medicine | SPRINGER | Published : 2011
Abstract
Background: Secondary prevention for established ischaemic heart disease (IHD) involves medication therapy and a healthier lifestyle, but adherence is suboptimal. Simply having scheduled regular appointments with a primary care physician could confer a benefit for IHD patients possibly through increased motivation and awareness, but this has not previously been investigated in the literature. Objective: To estimate the association between regular general practitioner (GP) visitation and rates of all-cause death, IHD death or repeat hospitalisation for IHD in older patients in Western Australia (WA). Design: A retrospective cohort design. Participants: Patients aged ≥65 years (n=31,841) with ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
We thank the following agencies for the data: the Australian Department of Health and Ageing, Medicare Australia, the Australian Electoral Commission, the Data Linkage Branch of the WA Department of Health, and the WA Registrar Generals Office. The research was funded by the Australia's National Health and Medical Research Council. The results in this paper were presented at the 5th Conference of Epidemiological Longitudinal Studies in Europe held in Paphos, Cyprus during 1315 October 2010.