Cost-Effectiveness of Statins Added to Aspirin Therapy

  1. Michael Pignone, MD, MPH
  1. From the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7110.

    IN RESPONSE:

    The effectiveness of high-dose statins or combination lipid-lowering therapy for primary prevention of CHD events has not been studied to date and was not included as part of our model. The trials that formed the basis of our estimates of costs and effectiveness in CHD risk reduction used low to …

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