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The Hunt Effect refers to patients who have been deterred from seeking medical help at weekends because of statements by Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Health, about the safety of UK hospitals at weekends.〔Zeffman, Henry. ("Half of Britons believe weekend hospital admissions 'more dangerous'" ), ''The Guardian'', London, 17 October 2015. Retrieved on 18 October 2015.〕〔Weaver, Matthew and Campbell, Denis. ("The Hunt file: doctors' dossier of patients 'put at risk' by health secretary" ), ''The Guardian'', London, 7 October 2015. Retrieved on 18 October 2015.〕〔Nagesh, Ashitha. ("A woman actually went blind ‘because of Jeremy Hunt’s NHS claims’" ), ''The Metro'', London, 9 October 2015. Retrieved on 18 October 2015.〕 ==Overview== In July 2015, Mr Hunt stated in a speech that “about 6,000 people lose their lives every year because we do not have a proper seven-day service in hospitals”〔Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Health (16 July 2015). ("Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)" ). House of Commons. 16 July 2015. col. 1101.〕 A subsequent poll of 2,002 UK adults on 13–15 October 2015, conducted on behalf of the Observer newspaper, "found 50% of all adults surveyed thought weekend admissions were more dangerous".〔 Newspapers subsequently reported that doctors had identified patients who were delaying their presentation to hospital, with adverse consequences on their health, citing Mr Hunt's remarks as the reason.〔〔 Over a 2 week period in October 2015, doctors ran two simultaneous surveys nationally (one epidemiological, the other clinical) to record a list of cases affected.〔 Gan HW and Kanaris C (2015). Results of the Hunt effect surveys in response to “Increased mortality associated with weekend hospital admission: a case for expanded seven day services?”. BMJ 351:h4596. ("doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.h4596" )〕 40 patients were identified; the vast majority suffering serious harm. As voluntarily reported surveys, cases are likely to have been under-reported, but despite this data extrapolation suggests at least 1000 patients could be harmed as a result of this misconception per year. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hunt Effect」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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