MEDICARE PART D PRESCRIBING FOR DIRECT ORAL ANTICOAGULANTS IN THE UNITED STATES: COST, USE AND THE "RUBBER EFFECT".

Medicare part D prescribing for direct oral anticoagulants in the United States: Cost, use and the "rubber effect".

IntroductionDirect oral anticoagulants (DOAC) have gained an increased share over warfarin for prevention and treatment of thromboembolic disease.We studied DOAC adoption across providers and medical specialties.MethodsRetrospective, cross-sectional analysis of Medicare Part D public use files (PUF), 2013 to 2015.We summarized prescription data for

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Racism and censorship in the editorial and peer review process

Psychology aims to capture the diversity of our human experience, yet racial inequity ensures only specific experiences are studied, peer-reviewed, and eventually published.Despite recent publications on Baby Gift Set racial bias in research topics, study samples, academic teams, and publication trends, bias in the peer review process remains large

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Incidence, determinants, and outcomes of recovered left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) in patients with non-ischemic systolic heart failure; a hospital-based cohort study

Sous Vide Background: The data on incidence of recovered Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (LVEF) and outcome in patients with non ischemic systolic heart failure is limited.We report the incidence, determinants and mortality in patients with recovered LVEF.Methods: The 369 patients with HFrEF with LVEF of less than 40% of non ischemic etiology wi

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