Health economic burden that wounds impose on the National Health Service in the UK

F. Guest, Julian; Ayoub, Nadia; McIlwraith, Tracey; Uchegbu, Ijeoma; Gerrish, Alyson; Weidlich, Diana; Vowden, Kathryn; Vowden, Peter

doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009283

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Health economic burden that wounds impose on the National Health Service in the UK

Published in BMJ Open • Dec 1, 2015

Authors:

Julian F. Guest

Nadia Ayoub

Tracey McIlwraith

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of wounds managed by the UK's National Health Service (NHS) in 2012/2013 and the annual levels of healthcare resource use attributable to their management and corresponding costs. METHODS: This was a retrospective cohort analysis of the records of patients in Th...

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Medicine

Public health

Health services research

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