Cost-Effectiveness of Statins Added to Aspirin Therapy

  1. Mark K. Chelmowski, MD
  1. From Advanced Healthcare, Milwaukee, WI 53209.

    TO THE EDITOR:

    Pignone and colleagues (1) concluded that adding a statin to aspirin therapy is cost-effective when the risk for coronary heart disease (CHD) is greater than 10%. In their model, the authors used a yearly statin cost of $730, which was the average of …

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    1. Ann Intern Med August 1, 2006 vol. 145 no. 3 233
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