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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Nephrol. 2017 Jan 24;30(6):831–839. doi: 10.1007/s40620-016-0374-6

Table 4. Warfarin utilization among older adults (≥65 years) undergoing dialysis with newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation, who initiated warfarin within 30 days of atrial fibrillation discharge.

Warfarin initiators
Medication utilization characteristics
 Number of warfarin prescriptions per user, median (IQR) 6 (2–14)
 Total quantity dispensed per user, median (IQR) 231 (90–532)
 Total days of supply per user, median (IQR) 180 (63–460)
Medication utilization measures
 Discontinuation, % 46.8
 Median time to discontinuation, days, median (IQR) 257 (165–444)
 Switching to dabigatran, rivaroxaban, apixaban, % 0.5