Impact of stated barriers on proposed warfarin prescription for atrial fibrillation: a survey of Canadian physicians.

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Published in Thromb J on June 23, 2014

Authors

Stuart G Nicholls1, Jamie C Brehaut2, Rubab G Arim3, Kelly Carroll3, Richard Perez4, Kaveh G Shojania5, Jeremy M Grimshaw6, Roy M Poses7

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
2: Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada ; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, General Campus, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Centre for Practice-Changing Research (CPCR), 501 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
3: Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, General Campus, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Centre for Practice-Changing Research (CPCR), 501 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
4: ICES uOttawa, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
5: Sunnybrook Research Institute, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada.
6: Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, General Campus, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Centre for Practice-Changing Research (CPCR), 501 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada ; Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, The Ottawa Hospital, General Campus, 501 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
7: Foundation for Integrity and Responsibility in Medicine, Warren, Rhode Island, USA ; Department of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.

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