Worldwide, there are∼ 18 million deaths each year from cardiovascular disease and at least
2–3 times as many experience non-fatal cardiovascular events. Numerous evidence-based …

Aspects of methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) delivery, particularly daily dosing
practices, are associated with longer retention in treatment. Our objective was to identify …

Delivering evidence-based, personalized care that engages patients requires profound
changes in the structure, process, and organization of care, along with revised incentives to …

BACKGROUND: Canadian data suggest that patients of lower socioeconomic status with
acute myocardial infarction receive less beneficial therapy and have worse clinical …

What is known and Objective: Adherence to evidence‐based drug therapy after acute
myocardial infarction has increased over the last decades, but is still unsatisfactory. Our …

Objectives This study aimed to measure adherence to chronic polytherapy following an
acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and to find out associations between adherence and the …

Background: In an accompanying article, we report moderate between-hospital variation in
the postdischarge use of β-blockers, angiotensin-modifying drugs and statins by elderly …

Importance High-intensity statin use after myocardial infarction (MI) varies by patient
characteristics, but little is known about differences in use by hospital or region. Objective To …

Background Patient adherence to cardiac secondary prevention medications declines over
time. We examined whether the length of the initial prescription at hospital discharge after …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Previous research has shown a socioeconomic status (SES)
gradient in the receipt of cardiac services following acute myocardial infarction (AMI), but …