Table 3 Medications prescribed for outpatient use in tertiary and secondary care hospitals in Estonia in 2001 and 2007
Tertiary care hospitals | Secondary care hospitals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Medications | Year 2001 % | Year 2007 % | P | Year 2001 % | Year 2007 % | P |
n = 180 | n = 290 | n = 163 | n = 224 | |||
Aspirin | 85.1 | 93.1 | < 0.001 | 79.8 | 82.6 | 0.776 |
Clopidogrel/ticlopidine | 18.3 | 65.2 | < 0.001 | 0.6 | 10.3 | < 0.001 |
Beta-blockers | 71.3 | 80.0 | 0.035 | 68.7 | 80.8 | 0.032 |
ACEI/ARB | 66.7 | 77.6 | 0.007 | 37.4 | 69.2 | < 0.001 |
Statins | 31.5 | 73.4 | < 0.001 | 14.5 | 37.1 | < 0.001 |
Nitrates | 61.9 | 22.1 | < 0.001 | 85.3 | 58.0 | < 0.001 |