Association of Healthcare Plan with atrial fibrillation prescription patterns
Chang A, Askari M, Fan J, Heidenreich P, Ho P, Mahaffey K, Ullal A, Perino A, Turakhia M. Association of Healthcare Plan with atrial fibrillation prescription patterns. Clinical Cardiology 2018, 41: 1136-1143. PMID: 30098034, PMCID: PMC6489790, DOI: 10.1002/clc.23042.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-vitamin K-dependent oral anticoagulantsPrimary care physiciansAtrial fibrillationHealthcare planningOral anticoagulantsPlanned patientsOdds of OAC prescriptionAF diagnosisPrescription of oral anticoagulantsRhythm control agentsRhythm control medicationsRetrospective cohort studyAF treatment strategiesReceipt of therapyPharmaceutical claims databaseAssociated with lower useIndex AF diagnosisReceipt of medicationsOAC prescriptionMedian timeLogistic regression modelsAF therapyPrescription patternsTreatment strategiesCohort study2135 Impact of primary care physician gatekeeping on medication prescriptions for atrial fibrillation
Chang A, Askari M, Fan J, Heidenreich P, Ho P, Mahaffey K, Perino A, Turakhia M. 2135 Impact of primary care physician gatekeeping on medication prescriptions for atrial fibrillation. Journal Of Clinical And Translational Science 2018, 2: 82-83. PMCID: PMC6799225, DOI: 10.1017/cts.2018.287.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPrimary care physiciansReceipt of medicationsNon-vitamin K-dependent oral anticoagulantsCare physiciansHealth plansImpact of primary care physiciansAssociated with clinically meaningful differencesController medicationsOdds ratioRhythm control agentsAF diagnosisCalculate adjusted odds ratiosOral anticoagulantsRhythm control medicationsStatistically significant lower oddsStatistically significant odds ratiosAdjusted odds ratiosAtrial fibrillationRate control agentsMultivariate logistic regression modelPharmaceutical claims databaseSignificant odds ratioLogistic regression modelsSignificantly lower oddsOral anticoagulant prescriptions