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Patients had to have a long term indication for anticoagulation and had at least six month of therapy.
Those suitable for inclusion were aged 18 or over, with a long term indication for oral anticoagulation, who had taken warfarin for at least six months.
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It could be a temporary thing just to pressure the Chinese authorities into backing off (fat chance), or it could be a more long-term indication that Google is not a happy camper in China.
The numbers of patients with a long-term indication for OAC therapy that were not receiving oral anticoagulants, and without a long-term indication that were receiving OAC, were considerably lower than expected.
Only about 8% of all screened patients with a long-term indication for OAC actually performed OAC self-management.
On the basis of the data provided by the GP, the study team classified each screened patient in one of three categories (1: patients with a long-term indication for OAC and taking anticoagulants, 2: patients with a long-term indication for OAC but not taking anticoagulants, 3: patients without a long-term indication for OAC but taking an anticoagulant on a permanent basis).
Eligible patients were classified into 3 categories (1: patients with a long-term indication for OAC and taking anticoagulants, 2: patients with a long-term indication for OAC but not taking anticoagulants, 3: patients without a long-term indication for OAC but taking an anticoagulant on a permanent basis).
1,641 (93.2%) of the screened patients were receiving appropriate therapy, i.e. they had a long-term indication for OAC and received it (category 1).
The remaining 42 (2.4%) screened patients were over-treated, i.e. they took an anticoagulant on a permanent basis despite having no long-term indication for it (category 3).
A further 78 (4.4%) were under-treated (category 2), i.e. they had a long-term indication for OAC but received no corresponding therapy.
The GP provided the following data for the screened patients: age, sex, long-term indication for OAC, antithrombotic medication, reasons for exclusion, most recent INR value and date of assessment in the family practice, and migration background.
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