Cost allocation in antihypertensive drug therapies.

The objective of this paper is to evaluate persistence with treatment and resources allocation in antihypertensive pharmacotherapy in a 'real world' population. An administrative database listing all purchased drugs was used to perform a longitudinal analysis. The study included all new users over 20 years of age receiving a first prescription for amlodipine, atenolol, fosinopril, indapamide, or losartan, in an enrolment period of 12 months.