Medicines for cardiovascular health: are they used appropriately?
Medicines for cardiovascular health: are they used appropriately? covers trends in prescription and supply of these medicines, patterns of supply by geographic area and patient socioeconomic level, whether patients take medicines as intended, adverse events associated with these medicines, initiatives to improve the quality of use of medicines, and government expenditure on cardiovascular medicines.This report will be of interest to policy makers, health professionals and researchers in the field, as well as to the broader community.
ISSN 1323 9236; ISBN 978 1 74024 689 7; Cat. no. CVD 36; 92pp.; OUT OF PRINT
Full publication
Publication table of contents
- Preliminary material (169K PDF)
- Title and verso pages
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Key points
- Sections
- End matter (234K PDF)
- Appendixes
- Appendix tables
- Appendix figures
- The Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) classification system
- Data sources
- Methods
- National bodies with responsibility for quality use of medicines
- Glossary
- References
- List of tables
- List of figures
Recommended citation
Senes S & Penm E 2007. Medicines for cardiovascular health: are they used appropriately?. Cat. no. CVD 36. Canberra: AIHW.