PHARMAC and statins - Getting the best population health gains [2]

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 1238, 2006, Pages

  Moodie, Peter ^a   Dougherty, Sean ^a   Metcalfe, Scott ^a  

^a PHARMAC ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; SIMVASTATIN;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DRUG COST; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEW ZEALAND; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SECONDARY PREVENTION;

EID: 33746623250     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

References (7)

1. Ellis CJ, Scott R. Cardiovascular disease and lipid management in New Zealand: progress at last! N Z Med J. 2002;115:197-9.
2. Begg E, Sidwell A, Gardiner S, et al. The sorry saga of the statins in New Zealand - pharmacopolitics versus patient care. N Z Med J. 2003;116(1170). URL: http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal/116-1170/360/)
3. Metcalfe S, Moodie P. More about cardiovascular disease and lipid management in New Zealand. N Z Med J. 2002;115(1163). URL: http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal/115-1163/203
4. Moodie P, Metcalfe S, McNee W. Response from PHARMAC: difficult choices. N Z Med J. 2003;116(1170). URL: http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal/116-1170/ 361
5. PHARMAC. Operating policies and procedures of the Pharmaceutical Management Agency ("PHARMAC"), 2nd edition. Wellington: PHARMAC; January 2001. Available online. URL: http://www.pharmac.govt.nz/ pdf/opps.pdf (Section 2.2 Decision Criteria). Accessed July 2006.
6. source: PHARMAC analysis of (1) NZHIS Pharm Warehouse dispensings and scripts data for statins, and (2) PBS services data at http://www.medicareaustralia.gov.au/statistics/dyn pbs/forms/ pbstabl.shtml, using PBS codes (http://www9.health.gov.au/pbs/scripts/ search.cfm) for atorvastatin, fluvastatin, pravastatin and simvastatin (codes 8213G, 8214H, 8215J, 8521L, 8023G, 8024H, 2833D, 2834E, 8197K, 2011W, 2012X, 8173E, 2013Y, 8313M, 2831B). Population denominators obtained from http://www.stat.govt.nz/ and http://www.abs.gov.au/.
7. Moon JC, Bogle RG. Switching statins. BMJ. 2006;332:1344-5. Available online. URL: http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/332/7554/1344 Accessed July 2006.