Intervention: The NHS Health Check Programme using a QRISK score on people aged 40鈥 74 to select those eligible for a statin is compared with the Polypill Prevention Programme in people aged 50 or more to select people for a combination of a statin and three low-dose bl...
Furthermore, low proportions of those with raised levels currently receive appropriate statin (35%) or anti-hypertensive (49%) medications [13]. The programme is currently being reviewed with an aim to improve delivery and outcomes of the checks [14]. Offering CVD and T2D risk assessment and ...
W16-P-018 Cost-effectiveness of primary prevention of CVD from the UK NHS perspective: A titrating-dose model for patients on statin therapy at moderate riskdoi:10.1016/S1567-5688(05)80414-3A.DaviesandS.KingslakeSDOSAtherosclerosis Supplements...
Statin prescription increased from 14.0% (95% CI = 11.9–16.0) to 60.6% (95% CI = 57.7–63.5). Conclusions The introduction of \\\{NHS\\\} Health Check was associated with significant but modest reductions in \\\{CVD\\\} risk among screened high-risk individuals. Further...
The article discusses research being done on the amount that could be saved from using generic simvastatin rather than atovarstatin over five years in England. It references a study by James C. Moon et al published in the June 10, 2006 issue of ". The researchers found that prescribing ...
A cross-sectional study, using data extracted from electronic medical records of persons aged 35-74 years estimated to be at a high risk of developing cardiovascular disease, to examine the uptake of the Health Checks using logistic regression and statin prescribing. A total of 44.8% of high ...