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"name": "Proportion of Direct Acting Oral Anticoagulants (DOACs) not prescribed as generic rivaroxaban or generic apixaban", | ||
"title": "Percentage DOACs items not prescribed as generic rivaroxaban or generic apixaban", | ||
"description": "Percentage DOACs items not prescribed as generic rivaroxaban or generic apixaban", | ||
"numerator_short": "DOAC items not prescribed as generic rivaroxaban or generic apixaban", | ||
"denominator_short": "DOACs items", | ||
"y_label": "Percentage DOACs not prescribed as generic rivaroxaban or generic apixaban", | ||
"why_it_matters": [ | ||
"In September 2024 the NHS in England released <a href='https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/commissioning-recommendations-for-national-procurement-for-doacs/' target='_Blank'>", | ||
"updated commissioning regulations for DOACs,</a> which state:</p>", | ||
"<p><i>For patients commencing treatment for Atrial Fibrillation (AF): subject to the criteria specified in the relevant NICE technology appraisal guidance, clinicians should use ", | ||
"the best value DOAC that is clinically appropriate for the patient. </p>", | ||
"<p>Table 1 provides the available DOACs ranked from highest to lowest best value according to the September 2024 and confidential framework prices.", | ||
"If the highest ranked best value DOAC (generic apixaban or generic rivaroxaban) is contraindicated or not clinically appropriate for the specific patient then, subject to the criteria ", | ||
"specified in the relevant NICE technology appraisal guidance, clinicians should then consider the next highest ranked DOAC (edoxaban) and so on until an appropriate treatment is identified.", | ||
"<table>", | ||
"<thead>", | ||
" <tr>", | ||
" <th style='width:30%'>Overall rank</th>", | ||
" <th>DOAC</th>", | ||
" <th>Notes</th>", | ||
" </tr>", | ||
"</thead>", | ||
"<tbody>", | ||
" <tr>", | ||
" ", | ||
" <td><b>1 (Best value)</b></td>", | ||
" <td><b>generic rivaroxaban<br>generic apixaban</td>", | ||
" <td><b>Best value once a day treatment<br>Best value twice a day treatment</b></td>", | ||
" </tr>", | ||
" <tr>", | ||
" <td><b>2</b></td>", | ||
" <td><b>Edoxaban (Lixiana®)</b></td>", | ||
" <td><b></td>", | ||
" </tr>", | ||
" <tr>", | ||
" <td>3</td>", | ||
" <td>Xarelto® (branded rivaroxaban)</td>", | ||
" <td> </td>", | ||
" </tr>", | ||
" <tr>", | ||
" <td>4</td>", | ||
" <td>Dabigatran (Pradaxa®)</td>", | ||
" <td> </td>", | ||
" </tr>", | ||
" <tr>", | ||
" <td>5</td>", | ||
" <td>Eliquis® (branded apixaban)</td>", | ||
" <td> </td>", | ||
" </tr>", | ||
"</tbody>", | ||
"</table>", | ||
"</ul>", | ||
"</p></i>", | ||
"<p>The <a href='https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/national-medicines-optimisation-opportunities-2023-24/#9-identifying-patients-with-atrial-fibrillation-and-using-best-value-direct-acting-oral-anticoagulants' target='_Blank'>", | ||
"NHS England National Medicines Optimisation Opportunities for 2023/24</a> identify using best value direct-acting oral anticoagulants as an area for improvement.</p>", | ||
"<p><b>Please note:</b> OpenPrescribing.net measures have a consistent way of visualising measures, where 'lower is better' ", | ||
"and therefore in this case we show the proportion of DOACs which are NOT prescribed as edoxaban or generic apixaban." | ||
], | ||
"tags": [ | ||
"cardiovascular", | ||
"core", | ||
"cost", | ||
"opportunities" | ||
], | ||
"url": null, | ||
"is_percentage": true, | ||
"is_cost_based": false, | ||
"low_is_good": true, | ||
"numerator_type": "bnf_items", | ||
"numerator_bnf_codes_filter": [ | ||
"0208020Y0 # Rivaroxaban", | ||
"0208020Z0 # Apixaban", | ||
"0208020X0 # Dabigatran etexilate", | ||
"0208020AA # Edoxaban", | ||
"~0208020Z0AA # Apixaban (generic)", | ||
"~0208020Y0AA # Rivaroxaban" | ||
], | ||
"denominator_type": "bnf_items", | ||
"denominator_bnf_codes_filter": [ | ||
"0208020Y0 # Rivaroxaban", | ||
"0208020AA # Edoxaban", | ||
"0208020Z0 # Apixaban", | ||
"0208020X0 # Dabigatran etexilate" | ||
], | ||
"authored_by": "[email protected]", | ||
"checked_by": "", | ||
"date_reviewed": "2024-09-16", | ||
"next_review": "2026-09-16", | ||
"measure_complexity": "low", | ||
"measure_type": "bnf_code", | ||
"radar_exclude": false | ||
} |