UNDERUTILIZATION OF STATIN THERAPY AFTER A CARDIOVASCULAR EVENT OR DIABETES DIAGNOSIS IN THREE REAL-WORLD DATA SYSTEMS

Autor: Paul Muntner, Jill Hardin, Yi Peng, Brian D. Bradbury, Anne Beaubrun, Charles Herzog, Robert Rosenson, Keri L. Monda, Katherine E Mues, Suying Li, Deborah Kim
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 67:1977
ISSN: 0735-1097
DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(16)31978-7
Popis: US guidelines recommend use of statins for patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) or type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). We estimated the use of statins after an atherosclerotic CVD event or a diagnosis of T2DM in two commercial claims databases, MarketScan and Optum, and a 5% sample of Medicare
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