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 study