Strategies for enhancing the initiation of cholesterol lowering medication among patients at high cardiovascular disease risk: a qualitative descriptive exploration of patient and general practitioners’ perspectives on a facilitated relay intervention in Alberta, Canada
Objective The objective of our study was to explore the perspectives of patients and general practitioners (GPs) regarding interventions to increase initiation of cholesterol lowering medication (or statins), including a proposed laboratory-based facilitated relay intervention.Design Qualitative des...
Main Authors: | Alexander A Leung, Hude Quan, Mingshan Lu, Todd Anderson, Kerry McBrien, Sonia Butalia, David J T Campbell, Rachelle C W Lee-Krueger, Guanmin Chen, Christopher Naugler |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2020-11-01
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Series: | BMJ Open |
Online Access: | https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/11/e038469.full |
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