Table 4 Proportion of patients displaying high adherence* to medications after discharge
From: A comparison of Chinese and non-Chinese Canadian patients hospitalized with heart failure
High adherence within 6 months of filling the first prescription | High adherence within 1 year of filling the first prescription | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chinese | Non-Chinese | P | Chinese | Non-Chinese | P | |
n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | |||
Patients prescribed medication within 30 days of discharge | ||||||
ACE inhibitors | 286 (74.7) | 25,328 (82.4) | <0.001 | 259 (67.6) | 23,568 (76.7) | <0.001 |
ARBs | 102 (82.3) | 3428 (81.4) | 0.81 | 98 (79.0) | 3201 (76.0) | 0.44 |
Beta blockers | 252 (78.5) | 17,208 (81.3) | 0.21 | 242 (75.4) | 16,319 (77.1) | 0.48 |