tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: "A cost-minimization analysis of diuretic-based antihypertensive therapy reducing cardiovascular events in older adults with isolated systolic hypertension"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: A cost-minimization analysis of diuretic-based antihypertensive therapy reducing cardiovascular events in older adults with isolated systolic hypertension. | Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation BioMed Central Research Open Access A cost-minimization analysis of diuretic-based antihypertensive therapy reducing cardiovascular events in older adults with isolated systolic hypertension G John Chen 1 Luigi Ferrucci2 William P Moran3 and Marco Pahor3 Address department of Public Health Sciences Wake Forest University School of Medicine Winston-Salem NC USA 2Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology INRCA Geriatric Department Florence Italy and department of Internal Medicine Wake Forest University School of Medicine Winston-Salem NC USA Email G John Chen - gchen@ Luigi Ferrucci - Ferrucci@ William P Moran - wmoran@ Marco Pahor - mpahor@ Corresponding author Published 25 January 2005 Received 03 August 2003 Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation 2005 3 2 doi 1478-7547-3-2 Accepted 25January 2005 This article is available from http content 3 1 2 2005 Chen et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Hypertension is among the most common chronic condition in middle-aged and older adults. Approximately 50 million Americans are currently diagnosed with this condition and more than billion is spent on hypertension management including billion for medications. There are numerous pharmacological agents that can be chosen to treat hypertension by physicians in clinical practices. The purpose of this study was to assess the cost of alternative antihypertensive treatments in older adults with isolated systolic hypertension ISH . Method Using the Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly Program SHEP and other data a costminimization analysis was performed. The cost was presented as the