Management of Chinese patients on warfarin therapy in two models of anticoagulation service - A prospective randomized trial

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 601-609

  Chan, Fredric W H ^a   Wong, Raymond S M ^b   Lau, Wing Hung ^a   Chan, Thomas Y K ^c   Cheng, Gregory ^b   You, Joyce H S ^a,d  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (Hong Kong)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; Cost analysis; INR control; Patient satisfaction; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHINESE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INDICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTICOAGULANTS; CHINA; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARFARIN;

EID: 33750007602     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2006.02693.x     Document Type: Article

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