The Clinical and economic burden of nonadherence with antihypertensive and lipid-lowering therapy in hypertensive patients

Value in Health

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 489-497

  Cherry, Spencer B ^a   Benner, Joshua S ^a,b   Hussein, Mohamed A ^a   Tang, Simon S K ^c   Nichol, Michael B ^d  

^a IQVIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence; Antihypertensive; Cardiovascular disease; Drug combination; Dyslipidemia; Economic analysis; Statin

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ATENOLOL; BENDROFLUMETHIAZIDE; DOXAZOSIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; PERINDOPRIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK REDUCTION; SIMULATION; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMIC; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66349097761     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4733.2008.00447.x     Document Type: Article

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