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aiua-5535	Messina, Roberto; Mirone, Vincenzo	Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia – An economic assessment of fixed combination therapy based on a literature review	2015	5	.pdf	application/pdf	4788	199	50	Age range Prevalence % Males in Italy Prevalence of BPH Patients seeking treatment Patients treated Not treated 35-44 0.6% 4,534,581 27,207 14,964 11,672 3,292 45-54 4.5% 4,742,341 213,405 117,373 91,551 25,822 55-64 20.0% 3,699,097 739,819 406,901 317,383 89,518 65-74 42.0% 3,067,166 1,288,210 708,515 552,642 155,873 75-84 51.6% 2,008,867 1,036,575 570,116 444,691 125,426 >=85 50.3% 601,001 302,304 166,267 129,688 36,579 Tot - 18,653,053 3,607,521 1,984,136 1,547,626 436,510 Source: Authors’ processing of data provided by Thales (10), Geodemo (11), Spatafora et al. (12). Starting from a literature search, the two associations analysed to what extent an increase in treatment adherence amongst these patients influences hospital savings and to what extent therapy persistence levels are affected by monotherapy rather than free drug combinations.	cache/aiua-5535.pdf	txt/aiua-5535.txt