BMJ Open (Feb 2025)

Impact of insurance coverage for non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants on quality of care and care disparities in patients hospitalised with atrial fibrillation in tertiary hospitals in China: interrupted time series analysis

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  • Jing Liu,
  • Hong Liu,
  • Shaoping Nie,
  • Huifang Zhang,
  • Jian Yang,
  • Ling Li,
  • Bin Li,
  • Wei Liu,
  • Tao Zhang,
  • Yan Wang,
  • Bin Liu,
  • Hui Liu,
  • Na Yang,
  • Wei Wang,
  • Zuyi Yuan,
  • Xiaoli Yang,
  • Yang Yu,
  • Bing Han,
  • Weiting Xu,
  • Hong Jiang,
  • Yong Li,
  • Hong Zhang,
  • Hua Jiang,
  • Jun Liu,
  • Lin Wang,
  • Bo Yu,
  • Jie Yang,
  • Tao Liu,
  • Man Zhang,
  • Yue Li,
  • Ping Zhang,
  • Weihong Jiang,
  • Jie Chen,
  • Yingxian Sun,
  • Xi Su,
  • Yaling Han,
  • Zheng Zhang,
  • Xianghua Fu,
  • Chuanyu Gao,
  • Bao Li,
  • Jiyan Chen,
  • Yitong Ma,
  • Xingsheng Zhao,
  • Junbo Ge,
  • Junmin Liu,
  • Zhaoqing Sun,
  • Xiaojun Wang,
  • Jing Xu,
  • Xue Li,
  • Jie Jiang,
  • Bin Wang,
  • Lan Huang,
  • Ruiping Zhao,
  • Qiang Wu,
  • Xia Chen,
  • Jianfeng Ye,
  • Xiaofei Sun,
  • Yi Huang,
  • Ping Hou,
  • Tianlun Yang,
  • Ping Chen,
  • Zhirong Wang,
  • Di Wu,
  • Pengfei Zhang,
  • Peng Qu,
  • Yanli Wang,
  • Jianhao Li,
  • Kaihong Chen,
  • Hui Dong,
  • Xiaochun Ma,
  • Guo Li,
  • Jun Guan,
  • Zhenyu Yang,
  • Yingzhong Lin,
  • Xiaoping Chen,
  • Dong Zhao,
  • Rong Lin,
  • Daoquan Peng,
  • Xuebo Liu,
  • Hongwei Li,
  • Jingfeng Wang,
  • Yang Zheng,
  • Ying Guo,
  • Weijun Wang,
  • Xiaoshu Cheng,
  • Ping Xie,
  • Ling Tao,
  • Lang Hong,
  • Tianchang Li,
  • Yongchen Hao,
  • Yin Liu,
  • Lirong Wu,
  • Fanju Meng,
  • Xiaowen Ma,
  • Pingshuan Dong,
  • Zhaofa He,
  • Yuemin Sun,
  • Junping Fang,
  • Fang Zhao,
  • Guoqing Li,
  • Yuhua Zhu,
  • Biao Xu,
  • Weijian Huang,
  • Xianxian Zhao,
  • Changqian Wang,
  • Guosheng Fu,
  • Fengwei Li,
  • Nan Jia,
  • Lin Wei,
  • Wenhua Lin,
  • Yulan Zhao,
  • Xiaohui Liu,
  • Juexin Fan,
  • Lv Qiang,
  • Jinchuan Yan,
  • Lilong Tang,
  • Genshan Ma,
  • Zhiyuan Song,
  • Jiayi Tong,
  • Jiawang Ding,
  • Xiangjun Yang,
  • Aiping Li,
  • Dongyan Li,
  • Yong Guo,
  • Xin Tang,
  • Zhijian Yang,
  • Jianwen Liu,
  • Xiaoqin Zhang,
  • Yuehua Huang,
  • Guizhou Tao,
  • Shenghu He,
  • Moshui Chen,
  • Zhiming Yang,
  • Haiping Guo,
  • Xuming Yang,
  • Chuntong Wang,
  • Xiaoyong Qi,
  • Hong Luan,
  • Qiang Xie,
  • Dongmei Zhu,
  • Yuanzhe Jin,
  • Likun Ma,
  • Xiaoling Su,
  • Yongle Li,
  • Deyong Long,
  • Baisong Yang,
  • Gengsheng Sang,
  • Bing Fu,
  • Buqiang Zhang,
  • Caidong Luo,
  • Changrong Liu,
  • Chuanliang Liang,
  • Chuanyan Zhang,
  • Chuanyang Wu,
  • Chunlin Lai,
  • Congliang Zhang,
  • Cui Bin,
  • Dawen Xu,
  • Fangfang Huang,
  • Fudong Gan,
  • Gengxin Li,
  • Guixia Zhang,
  • Guoqin Xin,
  • Guotuo Chen,
  • Guoxiong Chen,
  • Hailong Lin,
  • Haiyun Lin,
  • Honghua Deng,
  • Hongju Wang,
  • Hualing Liu,
  • Huifeng Wang,
  • Huimin Chu,
  • Jianghong Tao,
  • Jiaomei Yang,
  • Jifu Li,
  • Jinglan Diao,
  • Jingshan Zhao,
  • Jinru Wei,
  • Jinxing Yi,
  • Jinzi Su,
  • Jiong Tang,
  • Dangqing Yu,
  • Jiyan Yin,
  • Junping Deng,
  • Kalan Luo,
  • Lang Li,
  • Li Wei Li Jiang,
  • Lijun Meng,
  • Junqiang Cao,
  • Meisheng Lai,
  • Miao Tian,
  • Mingcheng Bo,
  • Minghua Han,
  • Naiyi Liang,
  • Qiaoqing Zhong,
  • Dajun Hu,
  • Qicun Wang,
  • Qinfeng Su,
  • Qing Hu,
  • Rong Chang,
  • Shaowu Ye,
  • Zhaohua Lu,
  • Shengxing Tang,
  • Shengyong Chen,
  • Shixin Ma,
  • Shuangbin Li,
  • Shuanli Xin,
  • Shudong Xia,
  • Shuhua Zhang,
  • Shuqiu Qu,
  • Shuren Ma,
  • Siding Wang,
  • Songbai Li,
  • Suxin Luo,
  • Suyan Zhou,
  • Tian Tuo,
  • Tianmin Du,
  • Wei Tuo,
  • Weiqing Fan,
  • Wenjun Yuan,
  • Xian’an Zhang,
  • Xiaolan Li,
  • Xiaolei Li,
  • Xiaoping Xu,
  • Xiaowei Peng,
  • Xiaoyun Feng,
  • Ximing Chen,
  • Xiufeng Chen,
  • Xudong Li,
  • Xuemei Peng,
  • Yanbo Niu,
  • Yanlie Zheng,
  • Yanzong Yang,
  • Liangqing Ge,
  • Jianqiang Peng,
  • Yingbi Su,
  • Yingchao Luo,
  • Yinglu Hao,
  • Yonglin Zhang,
  • Yuhuan Shi,
  • Yuqing Hou,
  • Zeqi Zheng,
  • Zesheng Xu,
  • Zewei Ouyang,
  • Zeyuan He,
  • Zhan Lv,
  • Zhanquang Li,
  • Zheng Ji,
  • Zhenguo Ji,
  • Zhihong Ou,
  • Zhongshan Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-088539
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 2

Abstract

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Objective To examine recent patterns regarding oral anticoagulant (OAC) use among patients hospitalised with atrial fibrillation (AF) and quantify the impact of insurance coverage for non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants (NOACs) on quality of care and care inequality regarding OAC use among hospitalised patients with AF.Design Interrupted time series analysis.Setting Hospitals in China.Participants A total of 36 393 patients hospitalised with non-valvular AF were involved between 2015 and 2019 across China.Primary and secondary outcome measures Outcome was the impact of insurance coverage for NOACs on quality of care regarding OAC prescription using interrupted time series analysis with segmented regression models.Results OAC prescription rate during hospitalisation was 52.1% (31.3% for warfarin and 20.8% for NOACs) in patients with high-risk AF and 66.3% (29.8% for warfarin and 36.5% for NOACs) in low-risk patients. Insurance coverage for NOACs was associated with an immediate 10.9% (95% CI 7.6% to 14.3%) increase in NOAC prescription and a 0.33% (95% CI 0.08% to 0.58%) increase in the slope of the secular trend of NOAC prescription among all the patients. Disparities in NOAC prescription among hospitals decreased from 18.9 before the insurance coverage for NOACs to 3.4 after that. Similar results were found in patients with high risk of stroke.Conclusion A large gap exists between clinical practice and guideline recommendations regarding OAC prescription among patients hospitalised with AF in China. Insurance coverage may be an effective healthcare strategy to improve quality of care and reduce care disparities regarding OAC prescription among patients with AF.Trial registration number NCT02309398.