Estimating Adherence Based on Prescription or Dispensation Information: Impact on Thresholds and Outcomes. A Real-World Study With Atrial Fibrillation Patients Treated With Oral Anticoagulants in Spain

• Автори: Isabel Hurtado-Navarro (Автор), Aníbal García-Sempere (Автор), Clara Rodríguez-Bernal (Автор), Yared Santa- (Автор), Salvador Peiró (Автор), Gabriel Sanfélix-Gimeno (Автор)
• Формат: Книга
• Опубліковано: Frontiers Media S.A., 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Objective: To estimate drug exposure, Proportion of Days Covered (PDC) and percentage of patients with PDC ≥ 80% from a cohort of atrial fibrillation patients initiating oral anticoagulant (OAC) treatment. We employed three different approaches to estimate PDC, using either data from prescription an...