Acute coronary syndromes: 6c-Patients discharged on lipid-lowering therapy
Indicator Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Indicator |
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Indicator type: | Indicator |
Short name: | Indicator 6c-Patients discharged on lipid-lowering therapy |
METEOR identifier: | 612087 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 12/09/2016 |
Description: | Proportion of patients with a final diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) who are prescribed lipid-lowering therapy at separation from hospital. |
Rationale: | Lowering lipid levels (using statins) is an effective primary and secondary prevention treatment for vascular events, including stroke (Amarenco et al. 2006). |
Indicator set: | Clinical care standard indicators: acute coronary syndromes Health, Standard 12/09/2016 |
Outcome area: | Individualised care plan Health, Standard 12/09/2016 |
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