Impact of insurance coverage for non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants on quality of care and care disparities in patients hospitalised with atrial fibrillation in tertiary hospitals in China: interrupted time series analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine recent patterns regarding oral anticoagulant (OAC) use among patients hospitalised with atrial fibrillation (AF) and quantify the impact of insurance coverage for non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants (NOACs) on quality of care and care inequality regarding OAC use among hospitalised patients with AF.

Design

Interrupted time series analysis.

Setting

Hospitals in China.

Participants

A total of 36 393 patients hospitalised with non-valvular AF were involved between 2015 and 2019 across China.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Outcome was the impact of insurance coverage for NOACs on quality of care regarding OAC prescription using interrupted time series analysis with segmented regression models.

Results

OAC prescription rate d

SUBMITTER: Yang N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11848658 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature