Evaluation of a home pharmaceutical care service model for home-based patients receiving anticoagulation therapy within county-level medical community.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To establish a systematic, standardized, and operational model of home pharmaceutical care for patients with anticoagulant treatment in county-level medical community.

Methods

A home pharmaceutical care service team was constituted by pharmacists and physicians from the county-level medical community. A home-based pharmaceutical care survey was conducted for patients with long-term oral anticoagulants (VKAs, rivaroxaban, dabigatran and apixaban). The patients' awareness and adherence score to oral anticoagulants(OATs) was evaluated before and after home pharmaceutical care service. The awareness and adherence score were evaluated with awareness questionnaires and Morisky Medication Adherence Scale-8 (MMAS-8), respectively. The paired-sample t tests were used to com

SUBMITTER: Song J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12768357 | biostudies-literature | 2026

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature