Clinical Outcome and Medical Cost of Originator and Generic Antihypertensive Drugs: A Population-Based Study in Yinzhou, China

• Main Authors: Tao Huang (Author), Lin Bai (Author), Haishaerjiang Wushouer (Author), Zhiyuan Wang (Author), Mingchun Yang (Author), Hongbo Lin (Author), Peng Shen (Author), Xiaodong Guan (Author), Luwen Shi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: The substitution of generic drugs can effectively alleviate the rapid growth of drug costs; however, the clinical effectiveness and medical costs of originator products and generics were barely studied in China.Objectives: To compare the effectiveness of antihypertensive drugs and hypert...