Medico-economic comparison of two anticoagulant treatment strategies: Vitamin K antagonists vs. direct oral anticoagulants in older adults in nursing homes in France. The "MIKADO" study.
George Pisica-DonoseMatthieu PiccoliBastien GenetStéphane BoueeStefan BerechetIon BerechetAntonin Dacasa CortesSabri AtsamenaCatherine BayleMihai BadescuFrançois CatelainLynda KermecheIsabelle MerlierSahondranirina RakotoniaryValérie SavinAriane VidalJean-Sébastien VidalOlivier HanonPublished in: PloS one (2023)
Our study showed that in nursing homes despite a higher drug cost, DOAC therapy is associated with a lower total cost and less time used by nurses and physicians for drug monitoring when compared to VKA.