Aspects of statin prescribing in Norwegian counties with high, average and low statin consumption – an individual-level prescription database study

Ingeborg Hartz1,2, Solveig Sakshaug3, Kari Furu3, Anders Engeland3,4, Anne Elise Eggen5, Inger Njølstad5, Svetlana Skurtveit2,3
1Faculty of Health Studies, Hedmark University College, Elverum, Norway
2Department of Pharmacy, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
3Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Nydalen, Norway
4Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
5Department of Community Medicine, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

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