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Table 5 Numbers of patients eligible for and started on aspirin, antihypertensives and statins

From: The Sandwell Project: A controlled evaluation of a programme of targeted screening for prevention of cardiovascular disease in primary care

 

Aspirin

Antihypertensives

Statin

Any Rx

Practice

Eligible

On treatment (% of eligible)

Eligible

On treatment (% of eligible)

Eligible

On treatment (% of eligible)

Eligible

On treatment (% of eligible)

PN1

40

10 (25.0%)

22

13 (59.1%)

43

23 (53.5%)

44

33 (75.0%)

PN2

65

11 (16.9%)

29

19 (65.5%)

69

59 (85.5%)

70

62 (88.6%)

PN3

70

14 (20.0%)

52

27 (51.9%)

76

56 (73.7%)

76

65 (85.5%)

PN4

98

30 (30.6%)

67

37 (55.2%)

105

62 (59.0%)

107

83 (77.6%)

All project nurse practices

273

65 (23.8%)

170

96 (56.5%)

293

200 (68.3%)

297

243 (81.8%)

Info1

51

3 (5.9%)

36

9 (25.0%)

57

31 (54.4%)

57

35 (61.4%)

Info2

38

6 (15.8%)

22

4 (18.2%)

43

23 (53.5%)

43

24 (55.8%)

All information only practices

89

9 (10.1%)

58

13 (22.4%)

100

54 (54.0%)

100

59 (59.0%)

All practices

362

74 (20.4%)

228

109 (47.8%)

393

254 (64.6%)

397

302 (7 6.1%)

  1. * Percentage of all those suitable for assessment (see Table 3 for denominator)