Iranian general populations' and health care providers' preferences for benefits and harms of statin therapy for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease

Abstract Background The use of statins for primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases is associated with different benefit and harm outcomes. The aime of this study is how important these outcomes are for people and what people's preferences are. Methods We conducted a preference-eliciting s...

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Main Authors: Hassan Saadati, Hamid Reza Baradaran, Goodarz Danaei, Afshin Ostovar, Farzad Hadaegh, Leila Janani, Ewout W. Steyerberg, Davood Khalili
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-11-01
Series:BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12911-020-01304-w