Have newer cardiovascular drugs reduced hospitalization? Evidence from longitudinal country-level data on OECD Countries, 1995-2003

Health Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 519-534

  Lichtenberg, Frank R ^a,b  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; Hospitalization; Innovation; Mortality; Pharmaceutical

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ATENOLOL; ATORVASTATIN; BENDROFLUMETHIAZIDE; BISOPROLOL; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CILAZAPRIL; DILTIAZEM; EZETIMIBE; FELODIPINE; FENOFIBRATE; FLUINDOSTATIN; FUROSEMIDE; GEMFIBROZIL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; IRBESARTAN; METOPROLOL; MEVINOLIN; NICOTINIC ACID; PERINDOPRIL; PRAVASTATIN; QUINAPRIL; RAMIPRIL; ROSUVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN; TORASEMIDE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRATAEGUS; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG COST; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG UTILIZATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GINKGO BILOBA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES;

EID: 67149085958     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1382     Document Type: Article

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