Antihypertensive treatment. Prescription and cost of drugs. Survey in a tertiary care hospital;Tratamento anti-hipertensivo. Prescricao e custo de medicamentos. Pesquisa em hospital terciario

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-57

  Akashi, Daniela ^a   Issa, Flávia K ^a   Pereira, Alexandre C ^a   Tannuri, Anna C ^a   Fucciolo, Daniele Q ^a   Lobato, Maurício L ^a   Galvão, Tatiana G ^a   Benseñor, Isabela M ^a   Lotufo, Paulo A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Disciplina De Cirurgia Geral   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Hypertension; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; METHYLDOPA; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG COST; HYPERTENSION; PRESCRIPTION; ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; DRUG UTILIZATION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BRAZIL; DRUG COSTS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG;

EID: 0032107169     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0066-782x1998000700010     Document Type: Article

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