Costs of Outpatient Anticoagulant Treatment in Patients with Cerebral and Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Knowledge of the costs of oral anticoagulant (AC) treatment may be relevant for resource allocation. Also, the incremental costs may be compared with other treatments for health care policy decisions. In this report, we have assessed actual costs of anticoagulant therapy in anticoagulation clinics (AC-clinic) in three different settings in the Netherlands. METHODS: Costs of anticoagulant drug supply and costs as a …