Medicines for cardiovascular health: are they used appropriately?

Medicines for cardiovascular health: are they used appropriately?

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Cardiovascular disease series no. 27

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.

Authored by Senes S & Penm E.

Published 23 May 2007; ISSN 1323 9236; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 689 7; AIHW cat. no. CVD 36; 92pp.; OUT OF PRINT


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  1. Table E1: Medicines prescribed or supplied in hypertension
  2. Table E2: Medicines prescribed or supplied in lipid disorders
  3. Table E3: Medicines prescribed or supplied in diabetes
  4. Table E4: Medicines prescribed or supplied in ischaemic heart disease
  5. Table E5: Medicines prescribed or supplied in heart failure
  6. Table E6: Medicines prescribed or supplied in arrhythmias
  7. Table E7: Medicines prescribed or supplied in stroke
  8. Table E8: Medicines prescribed or supplied in peripheral vascular disease