Impact of statin guidelines on statin utilization and costs in an employer-based primary care clinic.

CONCLUSIONS: Despite differences in ATPIII, ACC/AHA, and USPSTF guidelines, application of any of these statin recommendations would result in optimized statin utilization and fairly neutral effects on cost in this real-world employer-based population. PMID: 29261246 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29261246?dopt=Abstract

Source: The American Journal of Managed Care - December 1, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: Gurgle HE, Schauerhamer MB, Rodriguez SA, McAdam-Marx C Tags: Am J Manag Care Source Type: research