Background Coronary heart disease continues to be one of the most common chronic illnesses
in the United States and most of the developed world. Clinicians and health authorities …

This study quantifies direct medical care costs for individual patients with Parkinson's disease
(PD) and projects total national costs of PD. Anonymous, patient‐level data on health care …

To generate current incidence-based estimates of the direct medical costs of coronary artery
disease (CAD) in the United States, a Markov model of the economic costs of CAD-related …

Persons with diabetes experience elevated risks of a variety of other illnesses— including
circulatory, visual, neurological, renal, and skin disorders—relative to their nondiabetic peers. …

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the potential effect on cardiovascular event occurrence and treatment
costs associated with increases in systolic blood pressure (SBP) among patients with …

A nicotine chewing gum has recently become available for use as an aid in giving up cigarette
smoking. Although its efficacy has been demonstrated in clinic-based smoking cessation …

Objective.To estimate the economic costs and benefits of routine childhood vaccination
against varicella infection. Design. Decision-analytic model of the incidence and costs of …

To determine whether benzodiazepine tranquilizers increase the risk of accidental injury
requiring medical attention, we used pharmacy claims submitted to a large third-party payer to …

Currently, 6 hydroxymethylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors (statins)
are marketed in the United States (US). Given the wide variation in the prices and efficacy of …

OBJECTIVE: To explore how well physicians who treat hypertension know the indications
and contraindications for particular antihypertensive therapies, and how closely their opinions …