Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8527918 | Clinical Therapeutics | 2018 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
Implications: The prescribing patterns of antihypertensive drugs in Croatia have changed, which could be a result of a combination of different factors, such as changes in laws, pharmaceutical marketing, and guidelines on hypertension therapy. The most prescribed subgroup in all of the investigated years was agents acting on the RAS, mainly because of the increased prescribing of combinations of RAS agents plus diuretics. The financial implications of legal changes and the introduction of new generic drugs led to decreased cost per DDD of antihypertensives during the investigated period, but the total expenditure on antihypertensives in Croatia increased due to increased consumption.
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Authors
Marta MSc, BPharm, Jasenka PhD, Dinko PhD,