Use of evidence based drugs before and during hospitalisation according to country
Country | Aspirin (%) | Clopidogrel (%) | ACE inhibitors (%) | β blockers (%) | Nitrates (%) | Calcium channel blockers (%) | ||||||
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Before | During | Before | During | Before | During | Before | During | Before | During | Before | During | |
ACE inhibitors, angiotension converting enzyme inhibitor. | ||||||||||||
North America | ||||||||||||
Canada | 90 | 98 | 1 | 11 | 27 | 43 | 57 | 86 | 37 | 63 | 29 | 32 |
United States | 84 | 96 | 4 | 19 | 28 | 40 | 54 | 83 | 34 | 59 | 26 | 26 |
Western Europe | ||||||||||||
Austria | 78 | 95 | 1 | 22 | 46 | 49 | 63 | 89 | 32 | 39 | 27 | 26 |
Belgium | 79 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 25 | 66 | 87 | 25 | 52 | 23 | 22 |
France | 52 | 96 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 22 | 66 | 81 | 82 | 82 | 41 | 43 |
Germany | 80 | 99 | 4 | 12 | 44 | 72 | 55 | 81 | 35 | 66 | 24 | 15 |
Greece | 69 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 51 | 49 | 73 | 41 | 85 | 40 | 36 |
Ireland | 95 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 38 | 60 | 63 | 25 | 38 | 25 | 30 |
Italy | 66 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 47 | 45 | 78 | 26 | 70 | 32 | 38 |
Netherlands | 71 | 97 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 23 | 57 | 86 | 21 | 56 | 24 | 41 |
Portugal | 90 | 100 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 63 | 53 | 89 | 50 | 81 | 30 | 18 |
Spain | 89 | 96 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 32 | 34 | 66 | 44 | 74 | 32 | 50 |
Switzerland | 87 | 97 | 0 | 37 | 24 | 40 | 68 | 84 | 24 | 37 | 21 | 21 |
UK | 90 | 100 | 0 | 9 | 21 | 27 | 60 | 85 | 43 | 56 | 40 | 42 |
Scandinavia | ||||||||||||
Denmark | 90 | 98 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 58 | 86 | 34 | 46 | 33 | 38 |
Finland | 100 | 100 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 35 | 95 | 99 | 54 | 77 | 17 | 17 |
Norway | 92 | 96 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 70 | 96 | 17 | 44 | 24 | 21 |
Sweden | 87 | 97 | 1 | 15 | 17 | 28 | 81 | 93 | 34 | 51 | 20 | 24 |
Eastern Europe | ||||||||||||
Czech | 81 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 48 | 53 | 78 | 58 | 79 | 20 | 16 |
Poland | 91 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 63 | 63 | 84 | 65 | 90 | 25 | 28 |
Other | ||||||||||||
Australia | 95 | 98 | 2 | 11 | 27 | 38 | 59 | 81 | 42 | 53 | 31 | 40 |
Israel | 84 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 54 | 54 | 83 | 26 | 57 | 24 | 23 |
New Zealand | 100 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 30 | 67 | 85 | 46 | 44 | 35 | 35 |
South Africa | 71 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 30 | 31 | 63 | 28 | 44 | 13 | 23 |
All countries | 84 | 97 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 43 | 58 | 83 | 46 | 61 | 26 | 29 |