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Evaluating equality in prescribing Novel Oral Anticoagulants (NOACs) in England: The protocol of a Bayesian small area analysis

BACKGROUND: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia, affecting about 1.6% of the population in England. Novel oral anticoagulants (NOACs) are approved AF treatments that reduce stroke risk. In this study, we estimate the equality in individual NOAC prescriptions with high spat...

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Autores principales: Rezaei-Darzi, Ehsan, Mehdipour, Parinaz, Di Cesare, Mariachiara, Farzadfar, Farshad, Rahimzadeh, Shadi, Nissen, Lisa, Ahmadvand, Alireza
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7861433/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33539391
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246253