Why the study?
Does increasing the uptake of effective cardiological treatments to 80% reduce coronary heart disease mortality in the Scottish population?
Population
All patient categories with coronary heart disease in Scotland (population 5.1 million)
Comparison
Increasing uptake of effective medical and… vs Current treatment uptake levels (as of 1994)
Design
Other
Authors
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May justify closing treatment gaps in Scotland; leaves open whether 80% uptake would reduce real-world CHD mortality.
Does increasing the uptake of effective cardiological treatments to 80% reduce coronary heart disease mortality in the Scottish population?
Increasing the uptake of evidence-based cardiological treatments to 80% could more than double the current mortality benefit, preventing thousands of additional deaths annually.
Simon Capewell (1999) studied this question.
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