Warfarin Treatment and Outcomes of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation in Rural and Urban Settings

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 310-315

  Avgil Tsadok, Meytal ^a   Jackevicius, Cynthia A ^b,c,d,e   Essebag, Vidal ^a   Eisenberg, Mark J ^f   Rahme, Elham ^a   Pilote, Louise ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Observational study; Stroke prevention; Utilization of health services; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; WARFARIN;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; WARFARIN;

EID: 84934298798     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jrh.12110     Document Type: Article

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