title: Low-cost therapies deliver big impact in cardiac care.
abstract: That's the conclusion of two new studies that looked at different aspects of heart disease. Both found that low-cost pharmaceutical agents offer substantial preventive impact, but both also determined that there is ample room for improvement in prescribing patterns. One other intriguing result: higher spending does not necessarily correlate with higher quality or better outcomes.
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States