Changes in Anticoagulant Utilization Among United States Nursing Home Residents With Atrial Fibrillation From 2011 to 2016

Background Nursing home residents with atrial fibrillation are at high risk for ischemic stroke and bleeding events. The most recent national estimate (2004) indicated less than one third of this high‐risk population was anticoagulated. Whether direct‐acting oral anticoagulant (DOAC) use has dissemi...

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Main Authors: Matthew Alcusky, David D. McManus, Anne L. Hume, Marc Fisher, Jennifer Tjia, Kate L. Lapane
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-05-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
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Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.119.012023