Statin prescribing in Nottingham general practices: a cross-sectional study
Author(s) -
C. Packham,
Joan Robinson,
Jerry A. Morris,
Colin H. Richards,
Peter J. Marks,
Denis Pereira Gray
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of public health
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1741-3850
pISSN - 1741-3842
DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/21.1.60
Subject(s) - cross sectional study , medicine , epidemiology , general practice , statin , environmental health , family medicine , pathology
The aim of the study was to determine the effect of deprivation on variations in statin prescribing in Nottingham general practices. Deprivation is used as a measure of population cardiovascular morbidity and need for statin treatment. The setting was all 118 general practices in contract with Nottingham Health Authority.
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