Clinician Trends in Prescribing Direct Oral Anticoagulants for US Medicare Beneficiaries
Wheelock KM, Ross JS, Murugiah K, Lin Z, Krumholz HM, Khera R. Clinician Trends in Prescribing Direct Oral Anticoagulants for US Medicare Beneficiaries. JAMA Network Open 2021, 4: e2137288. PMID: 34870678, PMCID: PMC8649845, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.37288.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDOAC useAnticoagulant prescriptionOral anticoagulantsUS cliniciansMedicare beneficiariesNational clinical practice guidelinesElevated bleeding riskOral anticoagulant prescriptionsRetrospective cohort studyDirect oral anticoagulantsClinical practice guidelinesUS Medicare beneficiariesInternal medicine physiciansNumber of cliniciansAnticoagulant prescribingDOAC prescriptionsUnique cliniciansBleeding riskCohort studyAnticoagulant strategiesPrescription claimsPractice guidelinesMAIN OUTCOMEMost indicationsMedicare populationPatterns of Prescribing Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors for Medicare Beneficiaries in the United States
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