title: Cost effectiveness in the treatment of hypertension.
abstract: Treatment of hypertensive elderly patients reduces cardiovascular mortality. The drug regimen selected affects the cost per prevented death. Drug regimens may have a tenfold difference in cost per cardiovascular death prevented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Tennessee, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Memphis 38104.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Burns
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000191:economics*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents