Patient Preferences for Receiving Education on Venous Thromboembolism Prevention - A Survey of Stakeholder Organizations.

IMPORTANCE:Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among hospitalized patients and is largely preventable. Strategies to decrease the burden of VTE have focused on improving clinicians' prescribing of prophylaxis with relatively less emphasis on patient educatio...

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Main Authors: Victor O Popoola, Brandyn D Lau, Hasan M Shihab, Norma E Farrow, Dauryne L Shaffer, Deborah B Hobson, Susan V Kulik, Paul D Zaruba, Kenneth M Shermock, Peggy S Kraus, Peter J Pronovost, Michael B Streiff, Elliott R Haut
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4816559?pdf=render