Table 2

Use of evidence based drugs before and during hospitalisation according to country

Country	Aspirin (%)		Clopidogrel (%)		ACE inhibitors (%)		β blockers (%)		Nitrates (%)		Calcium channel blockers (%)
Country	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