Table 5.

Anticoagulant dosing instructions and use of multi-compartment compliance aids

	Dosage specified		Multi-compartment compliance aid and type
	Yes	Yes—dose not consistent	Multiple medicines per compartment	Single medicine per compartment
Acenocoumarol (n = 75)	12 (16.0%)	6 (8.0%)	3 (4%)	1 (1.3%)
Apixaban (n = 5493)	5424 (98.7%)	7 (0.1%)	996 (18.1%)	149 (2.7%)
Dabigatran (n = 728)	711 (97.7%)	2 (0.3%)	61 (8.4%)	15 (2.1%)
Edoxaban (n = 281)	276 (98.2%)	0	50 (17.8%)	11 (3.9%)
Phenindione (n = 2)	0	0	0	0
Rivaroxaban (n = 5243)	5179 (98.8%)	7 (0.1%)	731 (13.9%)	142 (2.7%)
Warfarin (n = 10,802)	944 (8.7%)	946 (8.8%)	186 (1.7%)	75 (0.7%)
Total (n = 22,624)	12,546 (55.5%)	968 (4.3%)	2420 (9%)	393 (1.7%)