Monday 5 October 2009

Closing the gap: tackling cardiovascular disease and health inequalities by prescribing statins and stop smoking services

Care Quality Commission
The purpose of this national study across England is to contribute to the existing efforts to reduce inequalities in people’s health. The focus is on prescribing statins (drugs that lower cholesterol) and stop smoking services as part of wider prevention programmes to reduce inequalities in cardiovascular disease (CVD), the largest contributor to health inequalities.

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