Home Anticoagulation Testing: Predictors of Rural Patient Interest

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 232-237

  Quin, Jacquelyn ^a   Markwell, Stephen ^a   Rogers, Laura Q ^a   McLafferty, Robert ^a   Reinersman, Matthew ^a   Hazelrigg, Stephen ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

anticoagulation; monitoring devices; rural population; survey research

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOOD DRUG INTERACTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CARE; THROMBOSIS; WARFARIN;

EID: 33750941721     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2006.05.018     Document Type: Article

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