Development of a Model to Predict Healing of Chronic Wounds Within 12 Weeks.

ABSTRACT: Objective: Chronic wounds represent a highly prevalent but little recognized condition with substantial implications for patients and payers. While better wound care products and treatment modalities are known to improve healing rates, they are inconsistently used in real-world practice. Predicting healing rates of chronic wounds and comparing to actual rates could be used to detect and reward better quality of care. We developed a prediction model for chronic wound healing. Approach: We analyzed electronic medical records (EMRs) for 620,356 chronic wounds of various etiologies in 261,398 patients from 532 wound care clinics in the United States. Patient-level and wound-level parameters influencing wound healing were identified from prior research and clinician input. Logisti

SUBMITTER: Cho SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7522633 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature