Cohort study evaluating pressure ulcer management in clinical practice in the UK following initial presentation in the community: costs and outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of this study was to estimate the patterns of care and annual levels of healthcare resource use attributable to managing pressure ulcers (PUs) in clinical practice in the community by the UK's National Health Service (NHS), and the associated costs of patient management.

Methods

This was a retrospective cohort analysis of the records of 209 patients identified within a randomly selected population of 6000 patients with any type of wound obtained from The Health Improvement Network (THIN) Database, who developed a PU in the community and excluded hospital-acquired PUs. Patients' characteristics, wound-related health outcomes and healthcare resource use were quantified over 12 months from initial presentation, and the corresponding total NHS cost of patient

SUBMITTER: Guest JF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6067374 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature