Modeling the economic losses from pressure ulcers among hospitalized patients in Australia

Wound Repair and Regeneration

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 462-467

  Graves, Nicholas ^a,b   Birrell, Frances A ^b   Whitby, Michael ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PRESSURE ULCER;

EID: 28944440569     PISSN: 10671927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1067-1927.2005.00066.x     Document Type: Article

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