Warfarin treatment among Finnish patients with atrial fibrillation: retrospective registry study based on primary healthcare data.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the frequency of warfarin use, the achieved international normalised ratio (INR) balance among warfarin users and the primary healthcare outpatient costs of patients with atrial fibrillation (AF).

Design

Retrospective, non-interventional registry study.

Setting

Primary healthcare.

Participants

All patients with AF (n=2746) treated in one Finnish health centre between October 2010 and March 2012.

Methods

Data on healthcare resource use, warfarin use, individually defined target INR range and INR test results were collected from the primary healthcare database for patients with AF diagnosis. The analysed dataset consisted of a 1-year follow-up. Warfarin treatment balance was estimated with the proportion of time spent in the therapeutic

SUBMITTER: Hallinen T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3939644 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature