Sociodemographic disparities in prescribing stroke prevention medications for atrial fibrillation patients

There are racial and socioeconomic inequalities in the prescribing of oral anticoagulants to reduce stroke risk in people with atrial fibrillation, according to a new study conducted in the UK and publishing June 7 in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine by Alyaa Ajabnoor of the University of Manchester, United Kingdom, and colleagues.
There are racial and socioeconomic inequalities in the prescribing of oral anticoagulants to reduce stroke risk in people with atrial fibrillation, according to a new study conducted in the UK and publishing June 7 in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine by Alyaa Ajabnoor of the University of Manchester, United Kingdom, and colleagues.