Journal article
Statin prescribing according to gender, age and indication: what about the benefit-risk balance?
- Abstract:
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Rationales, aims and objectives The increasing dispensing of statins has raised concern about the appropriateness of prescribing to various population groups. We aimed to (1) investigate incident and prevalent statin prescribing according to indication, gender and age and (2) relate prescribing patterns to evidence on beneficial and adverse effects.
Methods A cohort of Danish inhabitants (n = 4 424 818) was followed in nationwide registries for dis... Expand abstract
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Wiley Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Journal of evaluation in clinical practice Journal website
- Issue:
- 2
- Publication date:
- 2015-10-08
- Acceptance date:
- 2015-08-31
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1365-2753
- ISSN:
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1356-1294
- Pmid:
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26446680
- Source identifiers:
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588367
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:588367
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- Local pid:
- pubs:588367
- Deposit date:
- 2019-07-16
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- Copyright holder:
- John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
- Copyright date:
- 2015
- Notes:
- © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Wiley at: https://doi.org/10.1111/jep.12462
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