Long-term attack rates, as compared with incidence rates, may provide improved cost-estimates in venous thromboembolism. A reply to S. D. Grosse

Charles E. Mahan; Mark T. Holdsworth; Shawn M. Welch; Matt Borrego; Alex C. Spyropoulos

doi:10.1160/TH11-11-0802

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2012; 107(01): 194-195
DOI: 10.1160/TH11-11-0802

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Long-term attack rates, as compared with incidence rates, may provide improved cost-estimates in venous thromboembolism. A reply to S. D. Grosse

Charles E. Mahan

¹New Mexico Heart Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

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Mark T. Holdsworth

²University of New Mexico College of Pharmacy, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

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Shawn M. Welch

³Cardinal Health Pharmacy Solutions, Lovelace Medical Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

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Matt Borrego

²University of New Mexico College of Pharmacy, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

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Alex C. Spyropoulos

⁴Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of Rochester Medical Center, NY, USA

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