Cholesterol treatment with statins: Who is left out and who makes it to goal?

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Whether patient socio-demographic characteristics (age, sex, race/ethnicity, income, and education) are independently associated with failure to receive indicated statin therapy and/or to achieve low density lipoprotein cholesterol (...

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Main Authors: Winters Paul, Tancredi Daniel, Franks Peter, Fiscella Kevin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-03-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/10/68