The concept of the 'percent wasted patients' in preventive health strategies

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-61

  Cardinal, Héloise ^a   Monfared, Amir Abbas Tahami ^a   Dorais, Marc ^a   LeLorier, Jacques ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Persistence to therapy; Primary prevention; Waste in health resources

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; MEVINOLIN; PLACEBO; PRAVASTATIN;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA BASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDLINE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 31744449309     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.1148     Document Type: Article

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