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Association Between Warfarin Adherence Trajectories, Hospitalization Risk, And Healthcare Utilization Among Medicare Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: A Group-Based Trajectory Modelling Approach, Mai Alhazami
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Introduction: Warfarin is the most commonly prescribed drug for stroke prevention among Atrial Fibrillation (AF) patients, especially in older adult populations, but medication nonadherence reduces its effectiveness in clinical practice. Group Based Trajectory Models (GBTM) have been used to identify distinct patterns of adherence behavior related to various medications and understand the patient characteristics associated with each trajectory. The objectives of the study were: 1) Describe trajectories of warfarin adherence among Medicare AF patients, 2) Assess impact of adherence trajectories on AF-related hospitalization, 3) Estimate the AF-related direct costs for each adherence trajectory group.
Methods: We identified elderly AF patients …