Cost-effectiveness of dabigatran compared with warfarin for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation - A real patient data analysis in a Hong Kong teaching hospital

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 280-285

  Chang, Andy M ^a   Ho, Jason C S ^a   Yan, Bryan P ^b   Yu, Cheuk Man ^b   Lam, Yat Yin ^b   Lee, Vivian W Y ^a  

^a Prince of Wales Hospital   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DABIGATRAN; WARFARIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; BETA ALANINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COMPLICATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; DRUG UTILIZATION; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BENZIMIDAZOLES; BETA-ALANINE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DABIGATRAN; DRUG COSTS; DRUG UTILIZATION; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARFARIN;

EID: 84877739292     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: 19328737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.22112     Document Type: Article

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