Number of doctors with negative and positive age group coefficients indicating reduced and increased propensity to treat elderly patients compared to middle aged patients (number significant in brackets), mean coefficient (standard deviation), and median odds ratio (65+:<65)* across all doctors, per decision
| Patient treatment | Aged 65+ LESS likely | Aged 65+ MORE likely | Mean coefficient | Median OR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Controlling for doctors’ specialty, age, sex, grade and year in specialty. | ||||
| †Significantly different from zero (p<0.05). | ||||
| Referral to a cardiologist | 36 (10) | 17 (0) | −0.61† (1.00) | 0.63 |
| Revascularisation | 22 (3) | 6 (1) | −0.42† (0.79) | 0.65 |
| Angiogram | 19 (1) | 10 (0) | −0.41† (0.62) | 0.63 |
| Prescribe lipid lowering drug | 48 (4) | 30 (1) | −0.18† (0.65) | 0.88 |
| Cholesterol test | 26 (1) | 16 (0) | −0.24† (0.65) | 0.75 |
| Exercise tolerance test | 36 (7) | 15 (0) | −0.52† (1.09) | 0.68 |
| Referral to a GP | 2 (0) | 2 (0) | 0.41 (0.75) | 1.30 |
| Referral to care of the elderly doctor | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 4.52 | 92.31 |
| Lifestyle advice | 2 (2) | 4 (0) | −0.05 (0.73) | 0.97 |
| Discuss situation with patient | 2 (0) | 2 (2) | 0.28 (0.77) | 1.10 |
| Suggest patient returns if worse | 1 (0) | 2 (0) | 0.20 (0.59) | 1.62 |
| ACE inhibitors | 15 (0) | 18 (0) | −0.14 (0.84) | 1.07 |
| Aspirin | 32 (1) | 31 (5) | 0.12 (0.94) | 0.98 |
| Beta inhibitors | 37 (0) | 39 (2) | 0.07 (0.65) | 1.01 |
| Calcium inhibitors | 19 (1) | 14 (0) | −0.16 (0.76) | 0.90 |
| Nitrates | 7 (1) | 26 (3) | 0.43† (0.65) | 1.37 |
| Glyceryl trinitrate | 18 (0) | 25 (3) | 0.22 (0.80) | 1.20 |
| Change heart drug (any) | 27 (1) | 44 (3) | 0.25† (0.76) | 1.22 |
| Change non-heart drug (any) | 9 (0) | 11 (0) | −0.18 (0.96) | 1.07 |
| Give follow up appointment | 25 (0) | 41 (5) | 0.28† (0.86) | 1.29 |