Background: Patient self-management of long-term oral anticoagulation therapy is an
effective strategy in a number of clinical situations, but it is currently not a funded option in …

Demand for anticoagulation management is increasing due to an expansion of clinical
indications for therapy. One possible model of care to meet demand is patient self …

BACKGROUND: The efficacy of self-managed oral anticoagulant therapy has been
addressed in few randomized, controlled trials, which have provided inconsistent results …

Background: Control of oral anticoagulant treatment has been reported to be suboptimal, but
previous studies suggest that patient self-management improves control. Objective: To …

Objective To determine the clinical effectiveness of self management compared with routine
care in patients on long term oral anticoagulants. Design Multicentre open randomised …

Background Self-management (SM) of warfarin by patients is an attractive strategy,
particularly if it improves anticoagulation control and can be done safely under minimal …

Background Several studies have demonstrated that patient self-management of oral
anticoagulant therapy (OAT) can improve treatment quality. However, most of these studies …

BACKGROUND: A number of randomized controlled trials have compared self-management
of oral anticoagulant therapy with conventional management. However, the results have not …

In this study, the cost-effectiveness of anticoagulation self-management-which is now
established in Germany-was compared with the conventional method of monitoring oral …

Objective: To determine the cost-effectiveness of home-based point-of-care self-monitoring
compared to clinic-based care for patients managed on long-term warfarin medication …