Cardiovascular Disease (Conference News)

Secondary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease Compared By Type of Insurance

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, March 16th, 1998

A comparison study of secondary prevention activities for patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) by type of insurance was presented by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers at a recent conference of cardiovascular health issues.

Wayne H. Giles and his colleagues collected data from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, conducted during 1993-94, on 30 million visits to physicians by patients with CHD. They looked at disease prevention strategies prescribed, including medications (e.g., beta blockers, angiotension-converting enzyme (ACE), cholesterol drugs, aspirin) and counseling on topics including exercise, cholesterol levels, smoking,...

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