Association of Healthcare Plan with atrial fibrillation prescription patterns.

Andrew Young ChangMariam AskariJun FanPaul A HeidenreichP Michael HoKenneth W MahaffeyAditya Jathin UllalAlexander Carroll PerinoMintu P Turakhia

Published in: Clinical cardiology (2018)

Pharmaceutical claims data do not suggest that PCP-gatekeeping by healthcare plans is a structural barrier to AF therapy, although it was associated with lower use of NOACs.

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