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Published on: February 16, 2011
Economics of quality ulcer care
1Veterans Administration Medical and Regional Office Center, Wilmington, DE, USA.
Abstract:
Venous leg ulcers may affect up to 3.5% of the general patient population. The purchase price for dressing is not the true indication of cost effectiveness of any given method of care; rather cost is a combination of the price of the dressing plus labor required. Total cost equals nursing time, physician time, hospital stay, home-health costs, risks, and costs of complications (for example, infection), and the frequency of dressing changes.
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