Underutilization of Aspirin Persists in US Ambulatory Care for the Secondary and Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease

Randall S Stafford; Veronica Monti; Jun Ma

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0020353

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Underutilization of Aspirin Persists in US Ambulatory Care for the Secondary and Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease

Randall S Stafford ,

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: rstafford@stanford.edu

Affiliation Program on Prevention Outcomes and Practices, Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
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Veronica Monti,

Affiliation Program on Prevention Outcomes and Practices, Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
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Jun Ma

Affiliation Program on Prevention Outcomes and Practices, Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
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Underutilization of Aspirin Persists in US Ambulatory Care for the Secondary and Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease

Randall S Stafford,
Veronica Monti,
Jun Ma

Published: November 15, 2005
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0020353

About the Authors

Randall S Stafford

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: rstafford@stanford.edu

Affiliation Program on Prevention Outcomes and Practices, Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Veronica Monti

Affiliation Program on Prevention Outcomes and Practices, Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Jun Ma

Affiliation Program on Prevention Outcomes and Practices, Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

RSS obtained study funding. RSS and JM designed the study. RSS, VM, and JM analyzed the data and contributed to writing the paper.

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