Risk-adjusted percent time in therapeutic range as a quality indicator for outpatient oral anticoagulation: results of the Veterans Affairs Study to Improve Anticoagulation (VARIA).

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Published in Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes on November 23, 2010

Authors

Adam J Rose1, Elaine M Hylek, Al Ozonoff, Arlene S Ash, Joel I Reisman, Dan R Berlowitz

Author Affiliations

1: Center for Health Quality, Outcomes, and Economic Research, Bedford VA Medical Center, 200 Springs Road, Bedford, MA 01730, USA. adamrose@bu.edu

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