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Table 2 Association between local prescribing policy and prescribing of warfarin vs. DOACs

From: Trends in anticoagulant prescribing: a review of local policies in English primary care

 

Prescriptions (DDD) (millions)

p value

Cramér’s V

Local policy

Warfarin

DOACsb

No

11.154

31.092

< 0.005

0.013

Warfarin

2.431

6.644

DOACa

1.374

4.205

  1. For policies accessed July – Aug 2019, and prescribing data spanning the same period
  2. aIncludes the categories “Apixaban,” “Rivaroxaban,” “Edoxaban”
  3. bIncludes prescriptions of all DOACs: apixaban, rivaroxaban, edoxaban, and dabigatran
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