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SUBMITTER: Huybrechts KF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6422763 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics 20181111 4
Claims databases provide information on the effects of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) as used in routine care but may not contain important data on clinical characteristics, which may be captured in electronic health records (EHRs). Within a US claims database, we identified patients initiating a DOAC or warfarin between October 2010 and December 2014. Propensity score (PS) matching, 1:1, was used to balance 78 claims-defined baseline characteristics. We evaluated whether balance was achieve ...[more]