Cholesterol treatment with statins: Who is left out and who makes it to goal?

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Franks, Peter ^a   Tancredi, Daniel ^a   Winters, Paul ^b   Fiscella, Kevin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950284729     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-68     Document Type: Article

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