International variation in prescribing antihypertensive drugs: Its extent and possible explanations

BACKGROUND: Inexpensive antihypertensive drugs are at least as effective and safe as more expensive drugs. Overuse of newer, more expensive antihypertensive drugs is a poor use of resources. The potential savings are substantial, but vary across countries, in large part due to differences in prescri...

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Autores principales: Fretheim, Atle, Oxman, Andrew D
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1079831/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15762983
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-5-21

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1079831/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15762983
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-5-21

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