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ArticleJournal of thrombosis and thrombolysis2020

Increasing use of anticoagulants in Germany and its impact on hospitalization rates for genitourinary bleeding.

Olga von Beckerath, Alexander Matthias Paulitschek, Knut Kröger, Bernd Kowall, Frans Santosa, Andreas Stang

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Article in Journal of thrombosis and thrombolysis, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Olga von BeckerathClinic of Vascular Medicine, HELIOS Klinik Krefeld, Lutherplatz 40, 47805, Krefeld, Germany.
Alexander Matthias PaulitschekClinic of Cardiology, HELIOS Klinik Krefeld, Krefeld, Germany.
Knut KrögerClinic of Vascular Medicine, HELIOS Klinik Krefeld, Lutherplatz 40, 47805, Krefeld, Germany. knut.kroeger@helios-gesundheit.de.
Bernd KowallInstitute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, Essen, Germany.
Frans SantosaMedical Faculty, Universitas Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jakarta, Kota Depok, Indonesia.
Andreas StangInstitute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, Essen, Germany.
Helios Klinikum Krefeld · DEBoston University · USInstitut für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie · DEUniversitas Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jakarta · ID

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of the study was to compare nationwide time trends of prescribed oral anticoagulants (OAC) with the time trend of genitourinary bleedings (GUB) in Germany from 2005 through 2016. The annual numbers of hospitalized patients with GUB coded as "hematuria", "excessive, frequent and irregular menstruation", "postmenopausal bleeding" or "abnormal uterine and vaginal bleeding" were extracted from the nationwide hospitalization file by the Federal Bureau of Statistics. Hospitalization rates were age-standardized using the German standard population 2011. Defined daily doses (DDD) of prescribed anticoagulants among outpatients for the same calendar period were extracted from reports of the statutory health insurance drug information system. Based on DDD, drug treatment rates per 100,000 person years (py) were calculated. From 2005 to 2016, annual OAC treatment rates per 100,000 py increased by 135.8% (from 901.4 to 2125.9). Until 2011 direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC) represented less than 0.1% of all OAC, but 49.9% in 2016. In the same period age-standardized rates of hospitalizations for hematuria increased continuously (annual change of 1.03 (95% CI 0.94-1.11) per 100,000 py), that of "postmenopausal" (- 1.93; 95% CI - 2.38 to - 1.49) or "excessive, frequent and irregular menstruation" decreased (- 1.25; 95% CI -1.62 to - 0.87) and that of "abnormal uterine and vaginal haemorrhage" remained almost unchanged. From all cases with hematuria 5.3% received at least 1 red blood cell concentrate (RBC) in 2005 and 8.2% in 2016 whereas all cases with the other three types of bleeding counted for 1.9% in 2005 and 3.8% in 2016. The time trends for GUB in all subgroups changed steadily and showed no effect of the disproportional increase of DAOCs until 2011. Our ecologic nationwide comparison of OAC treatment rates in outpatients and hospitalization rates for GUBs revealed that despite increasing OAC treatment rates from 2011 to 2016 the hospitalization rates for GUB showed steady annual changes unaffected by the increasing prescription rates of DOACs since 2011.

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AnticoagulantsDrug PrescriptionsHematuriaUterine HemorrhageFemaleGermanyHospitalizationHumansAnticoagulantsDirect oral anticoagulantsGenitourinary bleedingsVitamin K antagonists

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