Failure to prescribe warfarin to patients with nonrheumatic atrial fibrillation

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 713-720

  Antani, Meghal R ^e,f   Beyth, Rebecca J ^a,h   Covinsky, Kenneth E ^a,f   Anderson, Philip A ^a   Miller, David G ^b,d   Cebul, Randall D ^c   Quinn, Linda M ^a   Landefeld, C Seth ^a,g,i  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b Cleveland Neighborhood Hlth C   (United States)

^c MetroHealth Center   (United States)

^d MetroHealth Medical Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^h Merck/AFAR Fellow Geriatric Clin P   (Ethiopia)

ⁱ LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

atrial fibrillation, nonrheumatic; physician behavior; prescription practices; quality of care; stroke prevention; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STROKE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0030473468     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02598984     Document Type: Article

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