Medicare part D prescribing for direct oral anticoagulants in the United States: Cost, use and the "rubber effect".

INTRODUCTION:Direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC) have gained an increased share over warfarin for prevention and treatment of thromboembolic disease. We studied DOAC adoption across providers and medical specialties. METHODS:Retrospective, cross-sectional analysis of Medicare Part D public use files (...

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Main Authors: Panayiotis D Ziakas, Irene S Kourbeti, Loukia S Poulou, Georgios S Vlachogeorgos, Eleftherios Mylonakis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5991647?pdf=render