Table 3:
Univariable results for type of follow-up care in relation to receipt of an oral anticoagulant (OAC) prescription in the emergency department
| Outcome | Group; no. (%) of patients | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| All n = 2132 |
Received OAC prescription n = 402 |
Did not receive OAC prescription n = 1730 |
|
| Follow-up care within 7 d | |||
| No. (%) of patients | 1296 (60.8) | 302 (75.1) | 994 (57.5) |
| Specialty of first follow-up | |||
| Cardiology | 213 (10.0) | 40 (10.0) | 173 (10.0) |
| Internal medicine | 228 (10.7) | 41 (10.2) | 187 (10.8) |
| Family medicine | 855 (40.1) | 221 (55.0) | 634 (36.6) |
| No follow-up | 836 (39.2) | 100 (24.9) | 736 (42.5) |
| Filled prescription for OAC within 30 d of follow-up* | |||
| Cardiology | 83/213 (39.0) | 25/40 (62.5) | 58/173 (33.5) |
| Internal medicine | 92/228 (40.4) | 28/41 (68.3) | 64/187 (34.2) |
| Family medicine | 276/855 (32.3) | 135/221 (61.1) | 141/634 (22.2) |
| Follow-up care within 30 d | |||
| No. (%) of patients | 1915 (89.8) | 387 (96.3) | 1528 (88.3) |
| Specialty of first follow-up | |||
| Cardiology | 392 (18.4) | 57 (14.2) | 335 (19.4) |
| Internal medicine | 292 (13.7) | 54 (13.4) | 238 (13.8) |
| Family medicine | 1231 (57.7) | 276 (68.7) | 955 (55.2) |
| No follow-up | 217 (10.2) | 15 (3.7) | 202 (11.7) |
| Filled prescription for OAC within 30 d of follow-up* | |||
| Cardiology | 135/392 (34.4) | 32/57 (56.1) | 103/335 (30.7) |
| Internal medicine | 109/292 (37.3) | 32/54 (59.3) | 77/238 (32.4) |
| Family medicine | 357/1231 (29.0) | 162/276 (58.7) | 195/955 (20.4) |
*
For patients seen by each type of specialist.