Gender and Socioeconomic Inequality in the Prescription of Direct Oral Anticoagulants in Patients with Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation in Primary Care in Catalonia (Fantas-TIC Study).
Maria Rosa Dalmau LlorcaCarina Aguilar MartínNoèlia Carrasco-QuerolZojaina Hernández RojasEmma Forcadell DragoDolores RodríguezElisabet Castro BlancoJosep Mª Pepió VilaubíAlessandra Queiroga GonçalvesJosé Fernández-SaezPublished in: International journal of environmental research and public health (2021)
DOAC prescription patterns differ by population. Women are more likely to receive it than men, while people living in rural areas and deprived urban areas are less likely to receive this therapy. Following clinical management guidelines could help to minimize the inequality.
Keyphrases
- direct oral anticoagulants
- atrial fibrillation
- venous thromboembolism
- primary care
- oral anticoagulants
- left atrial
- catheter ablation
- left atrial appendage
- heart failure
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- clinical practice
- type diabetes
- obsessive compulsive disorder
- mental health
- coronary artery disease
- stem cells
- mesenchymal stem cells
- middle aged
- acute coronary syndrome
- breast cancer risk
- left ventricular