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Saving lives, money and resources: drug and CABG/PCI use after myocardial infarction in a Swedish record-linkage study
The European Journal of Health Economics, 06/08/09

Wilhelmsen L et al. - Costs for out-patient care accounted for 25% and drugs for 5% of total costs. If patients not treated with simvastatin or clopidogrel had received these drugs, an additional 154–306 lives might have been saved. Drug costs would be higher, but total costs lower. Thus, even expensive drugs may reduce overall costs.

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Good Research Practices for Measuring Drug Costs in Cost Effectiveness Analyses: Issues and Recommendations
Value in Health, 11/11/09 Relevance Score: 71%

Good Research Practices for Measuring Drug Costs in Cost-Effectiveness Analyses: A Managed Care Perspective: The ISPOR Drug Cost Task Force Report-Part III
Value in Health, 10/29/09 Relevance Score: 71%

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Value-Based Insurance Design in Medicare
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Good Research Practices for Measuring Drug Costs in Cost-Effectiveness Analyses: Medicare, Medicaid and Other US Government Payers Perspectives: The ISPOR Drug Cost Task Force Report-Part IV
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