Understanding gender differences in statin use among elderly medicare beneficiaries: An application of decomposition technique

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 971-980

  Bhattacharjee, Sandipan ^a   Findley, Patricia A ^b   Sambamoorthi, Usha ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; FLUINDOSTATIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; MEVINOLIN; PRAVASTATIN; ROSUVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG DECOMPOSITION; DRUG USE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MEDICARE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874617262     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: 11791969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40266-012-0032-1     Document Type: Article

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