Physician adherence to hypertension treatment guidelines and drug acquisition costs of antihypertensive drugs at the cardiac clinic: A pilot study

Prescribing pattern surveys are one of the pharmacoepidemiological techniques that provide an unbiased picture of prescribing habits. Prescription surveys permit the identification of suboptimal prescribing patterns for further evaluation. The aims of this study were to determine the prescribing tre...

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Main Authors:	Abdulameer, S.A (Author), Alrazzaq, H.A.A (Author), Aziz, N.A (Author), Hassan, Y. (Author), Ismail, O. (Author), Sahib, M.N (Author)
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Dove Medical Press Ltd. 2012
Subjects:	Adherence adult age distribution aged amiloride plus hydrochlorothiazide amlodipine angiotensin receptor antagonist Antihypertensive antihypertensive agent article atenolol beta adrenergic receptor blocking agent bisoprolol calcium channel blocking agent captopril carvedilol comorbidity controlled study cross-sectional study diabetes mellitus diltiazem diuretic agent drug cost Drug expenditure drug tolerability drug utilization enalapril female furosemide human hydrochlorothiazide hypertension irbesartan losartan major clinical study Malaysia male metoprolol monotherapy nifedipine patient compliance perindopril pilot study polypharmacy practice guideline prazosin Prescribing pattern prescription propranolol sex difference telmisartan thiazide diuretic agent trend study valsartan
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