Racial differences in antilipemic use and lipid control in high-risk older adults: Post-Medicare Part D

American Heart Journal

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 792-797

  Hanlon, Joseph T ^a   Boudreau, Robert M ^b   Perera, Subashan ^a   Strotmeyer, Elsa S ^b   Newman, Anne B ^b   Simonsick, Eleanor M ^c   Shorr, Ronald I ^d   Bauer, Douglas C ^e   Donohue, Julie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NICOTINIC ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF CONCEPT;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; DRUG COSTS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; HYPOLIPIDEMIC AGENTS; LIPIDS; MEDICARE PART D; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885173438     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2013.07.001     Document Type: Article

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