Cardiovascular screening to reduce the burden from cardiovascular disease: microsimulation study to quantify policy options (original) (raw)

BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2016

Abstract

To estimate the potential impact of universal screening for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease (National Health Service Health Checks) on disease burden and socioeconomic inequalities in health in England, and to compare universal screening with alternative feasible strategies. Microsimulation study of a close-to-reality synthetic population. Five scenarios were considered: baseline scenario, assuming that current trends in risk factors will continue in the future; universal screening; screening concentrated only in the most deprived areas; structural population-wide intervention; and combination of population-wide intervention and concentrated screening. Synthetic population with similar characteristics to the community dwelling population of England. Synthetic people with traits informed by the health survey for England. Cardiovascular disease cases and deaths prevented or postponed by 2030, stratified by fifths of socioeconomic status using the index of multiple de...

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