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Patient Factors Influencing the Prescribing of Lipid Lowering Drugs for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in UK General Practice: A National Retrospective Cohort Study
BACKGROUND: Guidelines indicate eligibility for lipid lowering drugs, but it is not known to what extent GPs' follow guidelines in routine clinical practice or whether additional clinical factors systematically influence their prescribing decisions. METHODS: A retrospective cohort analysis was...
Autores principales: | Wu, Jianhua, Zhu, Shihua, Yao, Guiqing Lily, Mohammed, Mohammed A., Marshall, Tom |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3724846/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23922649 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0067611 |
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