The cost of pressure ulcers in the UK

Age and Ageing

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 230-235

  Bennett, Gerry ^a   Dealey, Carol ^b   Posnett, John ^c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burden of illness; Cost; Elderly; Pressure ulcers

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DECUBITUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG COST; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEGLIGENCE; NURSING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CARE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PRESSURE ULCER; PREVALENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2442581196     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afh086     Document Type: Article

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