Patient self-management of oral anticoagulant therapy cost-effective

Regier and colleagues compared the incremental cost and health benefits of patient self-management of these drugs with that of physician management over a 5-year period. They found that self-management was a cost-effective strategy for patients receiving long-term oral anticoagulation in certain clinical situations.

p. 1847 Cost-effectiveness of self-managed versus physician-managed oral anticoagulation therapy
-- D.A. Regier et al

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