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. 2012 Jul 31;27(12):1666–1673. doi: 10.1007/s11606-012-2137-y

Table 2.

Patient Characteristics

All patients enrolled in AMS during study period (n = 5871) Patients with co-prescribing, pre-intervention (n = 1553) Patients with co-prescribing, post-intervention (n = 1709) P Value*
Sex 0.46
 Female 46.4 % 47.5 % 46.8 %
 Male 53.6 % 52.5 % 53.2 %
Age 0.01
 18-49 years 8.6 % 5.5 % 6.5 %
 50-59 years 12.1 % 10.9 % 10.5 %
 60-69 years 20.7 % 18.5 % 21.5 %
 70-79 years 26.0 % 30.5 % 27.7 %
 80+ years 32.4 % 34.5 % 33.8 %
Race/Ethnicity 0.16
 White 80.2 % 84.8 % 83.6 %
 Black 8.4 % 7.9 % 7.5 %
 Other 6.6 % 5.7 % 6.7 %
 Missing 4.8 % 1.5 % 2.2 %
Indication for Anticoagulation
 Atrial Fibrillation 48.5 % 52.5 % 56.2 % 0.02
 DVT 22.6 % 12.6 % 17.3 % <0.001
 PE 20.3 % 9.8 % 15.2 % <0.001
 Atrial Flutter 12.3 % 3.2 % 14.3 % <0.001
 DVT/PE Prophylaxis 6.6 % 1.5 % 3.0 % 0.001
 Stroke 3.5 % 3.9 % 4.0 % 0.90
 Prosthetic valve 3.5 % 4.5 % 4.5 % 0.85

*P values reflect the comparison of patients with co-prescribing pre-intervention to patients with co-prescribing post-intervention

Indications for anticoagulation: Totals may exceed 100 % because patients may have more than one indication for anticoagulation

DVT = deep vein thrombosis; PE = pulmonary embolism