Trends in anticoagulation management across community-based practices in the United States: The Anticoagulation Consortium to Improve Outcomes Nationally (ACTION) study

Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 83-86

  Hylek, Elaine M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; International normalized ratio; Outcome; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL STUDY; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ANTICOAGULANTS; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1842791840     PISSN: 09295305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:THRO.0000014600.21367.7b     Document Type: Article

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