Health-economic evaluation of statins versus lifestyle changes for cardiovascular disease prevention

Statins likely offer higher cost-effectiveness than lifestyle changes, though the difference in benefits is not statistically significant. Concerns about reallocating funds from lifestyle programs to statins are somewhat mitigated by these findings.

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Afschin Gandjour

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Frankfurt School of Finance & Management (DE)

Publication Details

Journal: PLoS ONE
Published: 2025-09-12
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0331176
Primary Topic: Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
Type: article
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Health-economic evaluation of statins versus lifestyle changes for cardiovascular disease prevention

Afschin Gandjour

Sep 12, 2025

PLoS ONE

Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life

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Health-economic evaluation of statins versus lifestyle changes for cardiovascular disease prevention

Afschin Gandjour

September 12, 2025article en

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PLoS ONEVol. 20(9)

Frankfurt School of Finance & Management (DE)

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Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life

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