| Convenience/Inconvenience for the provider
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| “Oh, Jesus, yeah. I mean ten years ago we were shown every single INR, and then had to control them. It was very time consuming. That’s probably one thing that soured me on warfarin.” |
| >“So I think the biggest [benefit of NOACs] is the ease of use, where you don’t have to monitor.”
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| Negative feelings toward warfarin |
| “I hate having people on [warfarin].” |
| “I have people who are like, ‘I don’t want to be on [warfarin].’” |
| Patient Preferences |
| “No one wants to take a drug, and no one wants to be on a pill if they don’t have to… So if someone was not carefully weighing it, one could easily just say, ‘Oh, I don’t want that.’ And that would feel easier in the moment, but that might not be the best outcome that they would choose for themselves if they’re looking at it more objectively.” |
| “Sometimes it’s a time factor, and you fight with them for a couple different times and you just give up. Fine, here.” |
