A health economic model to determine the long-term costs and clinical outcomes of raising low HDL-cholesterol in the prevention of coronary heart disease

Current Medical Research and Opinion

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2549-2556

  Roze, Stéphane ^a   Liens, D ^b   Palmer, A ^a   Berger, W ^c   Tucker, D ^a   Renaudin, C ^b  

^a IQVIA   (United States)

^b Merck Sante   (France)

^c MERCK KGAA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Cost effectiveness; Dyslipidemia; HDL c; Modeling; Statin

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; HEALTH CARE COST; INTERNAL VALIDITY; INTERNET; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; PROPHYLAXIS; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RISK ASSESSMENT; VALIDATION STUDY;

CHOLESTEROL, HDL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY DISEASE; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; ECONOMICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; MONTE CARLO METHOD; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846025068     PISSN: 03007995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/030079906X148490     Document Type: Article

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