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Health Inequities in Manitoba: Is the Socioeconomic Gap

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Chapter 8: Pharmaceutical Use<br />

Figure 8.1: Post-AMI Care: Beta-Blocker Prescription Rates Over Time by Rural Income Qu<strong>in</strong>tile<br />

Adjusted by (2005/06-2007/08) age & sex, percent of AMI patients aged 20+ with a prescription for a beta-blocker with<strong>in</strong> four months<br />

100%<br />

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80%<br />

60%<br />

40%<br />

20%<br />

Post-AMI Beta-Blocker Prescription Rates, Percent<br />

0%<br />

T1: 1996/97-1998/99 T2: 1999/00-2001/02 T3: 2002/03-2004/05 T4: 2005/06-2007/08<br />

NF (Not displayed) 37.33 45.36 61.94 65.45<br />

R1 (lowest <strong>in</strong>come) 56.43 67.50 71.41 75.30<br />

R2 59.03 72.80 79.68 78.53<br />

R3 67.03 74.29 80.73 77.70<br />

R4 67.23 76.34 81.60 82.06<br />

R5 (highest <strong>in</strong>come) 68.04 77.25 81.31 82.67<br />

Disparity Rate Ratios (R1/R5)<br />

0.83 0.87 0.88 0.91<br />

Disparity Rate Differences (R1-R5) -11.60 -9.75 -9.90 -7.37<br />

Time Period (fiscal years)<br />

Comparison of Disparity Rate Ratios T5 to T1: 1.10 (95% CI 0.93 , 1.30 ) NS<br />

Comparison of Disparity Rate Differences T5 to T1: 0.64<br />

, NS<br />

Source: <strong>Manitoba</strong> Centre for <strong>Health</strong> Policy, 2010

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