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In @JAMANetworkOpen, we found that VA patients with #AFib who experience homelessness had a 21% ⬇️ odds of receiving stroke-preventing anticoagulation (blood thinners).
Here's more on our journey to this #Pharmacoequity paper.
Link: ja.ma/3ODXdss
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In @JAMANetworkOpen, we found that VA patients with #AFib who experience homelessness had a 21% ⬇️ odds of receiving stroke-preventing anticoagulation (blood thinners).
Here's more on our journey to this #Pharmacoequity paper.
Link: ja.ma/3ODXdss
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Previously, if you looked up "homeless & atrial fibrillation" in PubMed, only 5 results came up.
This included a 2003 @JAMAInternalMed study that saw that Ohio Medicaid enrollees had ⬇️ use of warfarin if they had homelessness or inadequate housing.
ja.ma/3PFwj52
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This included a 2003 @JAMAInternalMed study that saw that Ohio Medicaid enrollees had ⬇️ use of warfarin if they had homelessness or inadequate housing.
ja.ma/3PFwj52
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We started digging into this in 2019, when 1st author, David Wilson, a PittMed student & Veteran, met with me for a summer research project.
We decided to use our national #AFib cohort to see if there was a relation b/w homelessness & AF treatment.
ja.ma/3ODXdss
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We decided to use our national #AFib cohort to see if there was a relation b/w homelessness & AF treatment.
ja.ma/3ODXdss
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