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Antihypertensive Prescribing for Uncomplicated, Incident Hypertension: Opportunities for Cost Savings

BACKGROUND: A range of first-line similarly effective medications ranging in price are recommended for treating uncomplicated hypertension. Considering drug costs alone, thiazides and thiazide-like diuretics are the most cost-efficient option. We determined incident prescribing of thiazides for newl...

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Autores principales: Quinn, Amity E., Ronksley, Paul E., Bresee, Lauren, Au, Flora, Wick, James, Leung, Alexander A., McBrien, Kerry A., Manns, Braden J., Beall, Reed F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8209399/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34169249
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cjco.2020.12.026