What is it about?
The UK has been experiencing a period of unexplained higher deaths and medical admissions along with very high bed pressure. While admissions for many medical conditions have increased during this time those for thrombosis have decreased
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Why is it important?
The periods of higher deaths and medical admissions have been proposed to occur during the spread of an immune impairing agent. If this is the case then admissions for some conditions should also decrease. A similar situation occurs during the immune changes in pregnancy.
Perspectives
The government has been accusing the NHS of inefficiency leading to higher medical admissions. The actual data appears to contradict this claim. Part of a longer series of studies available at http://www.hcaf.biz/2010/Publications_Full.pdf
Dr Rodney P Jones
Healthcare Analysis & Forecasting
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This page is a summary of: A reduction in acute thrombotic admissions during a period of unexplained increased deaths and medical admissions in the UK, European Journal of Internal Medicine, December 2017, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2017.09.007.
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