Opportunities for better value wound care: a multiservice, cross-sectional survey of complex wounds and their care in a UK community population.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Complex wounds impose a substantial health economic burden worldwide. As wound care is managed across multiple settings by a range of healthcare professionals with varying levels of expertise, the actual care delivered can vary considerably and result in the underuse of evidence-based interventions, the overuse of interventions supported by limited evidence and low value healthcare.

Objectives

To quantify the number, type and management of complex wounds being treated over a two-week period and to explore variations in care by comparing current practices in wound assessment, prevention and treatment.

Design

A multiservice cross-sectional survey.

Setting

This survey spanned eight community services within five Northern England NHS Trusts.

Results</

SUBMITTER: Gray TA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5875675 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature