Length of Initial Prescription at Hospital Discharge and Long-Term Medication Adherence for Elderly, Post-Myocardial Infarction Patients: Protocol for an Interrupted Time Series Study

J D Schwalm   ^{1, 2 *} , MD, MSc ;   Noah M Ivers   ^{3, 4, 5 *} , MD, PhD ;   Zachary Bouck   ^{6, 7} , MPH ;   Monica Taljaard   ^{8, 9} , PhD ;   Madhu K Natarajan   ^{1, 2} , MD ;   Lisa Dolovich   ¹⁰ , PharmD, MSc ;   Kednapa Thavorn   ^{5, 8, 11} , PhD ;   Tara McCready   ¹ , MBA, PhD ;   Erin O'Brien   ¹ , BA ;   Jeremy M Grimshaw   ^{8, 11} , MBChB, PhD

¹ Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON, Canada

² Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

³ Family Practice Health Centre, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁴ Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁵ ICES, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁶ Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁷ Centre for Drug Policy and Evaluation, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁸ Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

⁹ School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Toronto, ON, Canada

¹⁰ Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

¹¹ Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

*these authors contributed equally