First-year treatment patterns among new initiators of topical prostaglandin analogs

Current Medical Research and Opinion

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 851-858

  Schmier, Jordana K ^a   Covert, David W ^b   Robin, Alan L ^c  

^a EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^b ALCON RESEARCH LTD   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Combination; Costs and cost analysis; Drug therapy; Glaucoma; Prostaglandins

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; BIMATOPROST; BRIMONIDINE; DORZOLAMIDE; DORZOLAMIDE PLUS TIMOLOL; LATANOPROST; TIMOLOL; TRAVOPROST;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MONOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AMIDES; CLOPROSTENOL; COHORT STUDIES; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTAGLANDINS F, SYNTHETIC; PROSTAGLANDINS, SYNTHETIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649379079     PISSN: 03007995     EISSN: 14734877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/03007990902791132     Document Type: Article

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