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ArticleFuture healthcare journal2024

The role of health policy in the prevention of venous thromboembolism in the UK National Health Service-Learning from the past, looking to the future.

Matthew James Beresford, Beverley J Hunt, Lara Roberts, Daniel Horner, Roopen Arya, Aidan Fowler

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Article in Future healthcare journal, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Matthew James BeresfordNorth Bristol NHS Trust, Southmead Road Westbury on Trym BS10 5NB, UK.
Beverley J HuntGuy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, London, UK.
Lara RobertsKing's College Hospital, London, London, UK.
Daniel HornerNorthern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, Manchester, UK.
Roopen AryaKing's College Hospital, London, London, UK.
Aidan FowlerNHS England and NHS Improvement London, London, UK.
King's College Hospital · GBGuy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust · GBNHS EnglandNorth Bristol NHS Trust · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Venous thromboembolism is the third most common cause of cardiovascular death globally and many diagnoses are preventable. The UK NHS has led international efforts to reduce VTE, particularly hospital-associated VTE, through coordinated national policy action and world-leading research. Despite this, VTE remains an important cause of morbidity and mortality in the UK, as underlined by the recent COVID-19 pandemic. Future reductions in VTE incidence/deaths will require progress on several fronts: a better understanding of case mix; revisiting VTE risk assessment, focussing on thromboprophylaxis failure and improving awareness of VTE amongst clinicians and the public. Changes to healthcare delivery, with care increasingly delivered outside of hospital, alongside changing disease patterns, including the rise in obesity, have huge implications for VTE and will dramatically alter prevention. The UK, with its nationalised healthcare model and long history of policy action on VTE, provides a unique lens through which to study past successes and future priorities for VTE prevention.

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Health policyPreventionVenous thromboembolism

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PMID38646038
PMCPMC11025054
OpenAlexW4392247101

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