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Value & Price

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Value And Price In Cardiovascular Disease Care

Decades after it began, and more than a decade after some major results were published, the Framingham Heart Study continues to be mined for conclusions that are highly relevant for health policy. Among the products of that study are equations developed by Keaven Anderson and colleagues in a paper published in the American Heart Journal (1991) that estimate the health and mortality risks of various indicators and types of behavior, including age, sex, blood pressure, smoking, cholesterol, and diabetes. These equations can be used for estimating whether we’re getting our money’s worth from what we spend on drugs to prevent . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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