Statin Discontinuation, Reinitiation, and Persistence Patterns Among Medicare Beneficiaries After Myocardial Infarction

John N. Booth,Lisandro D. Colantonio,Ligong Chen,Robert S Rosenson,Keri L. Monda,Monika M. Safford,Meredith L. Kilgore,Todd M. Brown,Benjamin Taylor,Ricardo Dent,Paul Muntner,Emily B. Levitan

Statin Discontinuation, Reinitiation, and Persistence Patterns Among Medicare Beneficiaries After Myocardial Infarction

2017

John N. Booth
Lisandro D. Colantonio
Ligong Chen
Robert S Rosenson
Keri L. Monda
Monika M. Safford
Meredith L. Kilgore
Todd M. Brown
Benjamin Taylor
Ricardo Dent
Paul Muntner
Emily B. Levitan

Background—Although the benefits of statins accrue over time, treatment discontinuation is common. Examining the patterns of statin discontinuation, reinitiation, and persistence after reinitiation...

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Persistence (computer science)
Internal medicine
Discontinuation
Medicine
Physical therapy
Myocardial infarction
Statin

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