Abstract

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Pay-for-performance Versus a Budget-Restrictive System for the Management of Dyslipidemia. Should this Approach also be Applied in Hypertension?

Highlights

  • Pay-for-performance Versus a Budget-Restrictive System for the Management of Dyslipidemia

  • The results of the Dyslipidemia International Study (DYSIS) were reported yesterday in the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) congress held at Amsterdam, Netherlands [1]

  • A total of 85% of German patients were treated with simvastatin compared with just 66% of UK patients, while nearly 25% of UK patients were treated with atorvastatin vs. just

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Summary

Introduction

Pay-for-performance Versus a Budget-Restrictive System for the Management of Dyslipidemia. It seems that lipid targets are more likely to be achieved in clinical practice in pay-for-performance than in budget-restrictive systems, like in Germany [1]. These despite the fact that the German population had a higher baseline incidence of cerebrovascular disease, peripheral arterial disease and diabetes mellitus; more secondary prevention patients that should achieve even lower LDL-C targets.

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