Population
Australian population, stratified by sex and quintile of Index of Relative Socio-Economic Disadvantage (IRSD)
Design
Cross-sectional
Follow-up
May to December 2002
Authors
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Sex-specific socioeconomic disparities in statin prescribing versus CHD mortality merit targeted investigation; should not yet change practice.
Statin prescribing patterns in Australia show socioeconomic and sex differences, with potential overprescribing in high socioeconomic men or underprescribing in low socioeconomic men, and higher prescribing rates in women relative to their CHD mortality risk.
Stocks et al. (2004) studied this question.
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