Chronic wounds in a multiethnic Asian population: a cost of illness study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate the 'cost of illness' arising from chronic wounds in Singapore.

Design

Incidence-based cost of illness study using evidence from a range of sources.

Setting

Singapore health services.

Participants

We consider 3.49 million Singapore citizens and permanent residents. There are 16 752 new individuals with a chronic wound in 2017, with 598 venous ulcers, 2206 arterial insufficiency ulcers, 6680 diabetic ulcers and 7268 pressure injuries.Primary outcome measures expressed in monetary terms are the value of all hospital bed days lost for the population; monetary value of quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) lost in the population; costs of all outpatient visits; and costs of all poly clinic, use of Community Health Assist Scheme (CHAS) and emerge

SUBMITTER: Graves N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10510887 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature