Discontinuation of and changes in drug therapy for hypertension among newly-treated patients: A population-based study in Italy

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 819-824

  Corrao, Giovanni ^a,e   Zambon, Antonella ^a   Parodi, Andrea ^a   Poluzzi, Elisabetta ^b   Baldi, Ileana ^c   Merlino, Luca ^d   Cesana, Giancarlo ^a   Mancia, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c Center for Cancer Prevention   (Italy)

^d Operative Unit of Territorial Health Services   (Italy)

^e Edificio U7   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antihypertensive agents; Competing risks; Cumulative incidence; Drug compliance; Record linkage; Subdistribution hazard ratio; Treatment discontinuation

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; ORGANIC NITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 40449097623     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e3282f4edd7     Document Type: Article

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