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Original research

The affordability of adding a direct-acting oral anticoagulant to the national list of essential medicine for patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation in Thailand: a budget impact analysis

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Pages 93-100 | Received 30 Oct 2020, Accepted 27 Jan 2021, Published online: 10 Feb 2021

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