Trends in the use of warfarin and DOACs
Among all patients with an OAC prescription recorded, the proportion who were prescribed a DOAC increased rapidly from 2.7% (95% CI 2.4%-3.3%) in 2011 to 76.3% (95% CI 75.7%-76.8%) in 2018, while the proportion of those prescribed warfarin correspondingly decreased from 97.3% (95% CI 96.8%97.7%) to 23.8% (95% CI 23.2%-24.3%) (Figure 3).