Dispensing pharmacy chains and direct anticoagulants: Potential associations with patient outcomes.

Steven KozlowskiEllen TworkoskiSai DharmarajanNatasha FlowersAndrew KwistShanlai ShangguanYoganand ChillarigeMichael WerneckeTom MaCurdyJeffrey A KelmanDavid J Graham

Published in: Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety (2024)

These results suggest that dispensing pharmacy chains may have the potential to act as a confounder of associations between drug exposure and outcome in some observational studies. Additional studies of potential confounding by pharmacy chain are needed. Further evaluation of potential pharmacy chain effects on safe use would be of value.

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human health
emergency department
risk assessment
drug induced