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Anticoagulation - oral - Management
Is self-testing or self-management as safe and effective as usual management?
- For selected and successfully trained people, self-testing or self-management are as effective and safe as usual care for long-term oral anticoagulation therapy.
- However, in the UK, self-testing is unlikely to be more cost-effective than usual care, because of the increased frequency of testing.
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