Economic evaluation of the treatment of chronic wounds: Hydroactive wound dressings in combination with enzymatic ointment versus gauze dressings in patients with pressure ulcer and venous leg ulcer in Germany

PharmacoEconomics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 367-377

  Bergemann, Rito ^a   Lauterbach, Karl W ^b   Vanscheidt, Wolfgang ^c   Neander, Klaus Dieter ^d   Engst, Reinhard ^e  

^a Inst for Medical Outcome Research   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d Ger Res Ctr Nursing/Nursing Prod   (Germany)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING;

ALGINATES; BANDAGES; CHRONIC DISEASE; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEXURONIC ACIDS; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PRESSURE ULCER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032749815     PISSN: 11707690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00019053-199916040-00005     Document Type: Article

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