Wound outcomes from a single practice at a subacute wound care unit and two hospital-based, outpatient wound clinics

Wounds

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 164-172

  Ennis, William J ^a   Lee, Claudia ^a   Vargas, Mary ^a   Meneses, Patricio ^a  

^a ADVOCATE CHRIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CARE;

EID: 2942631245     PISSN: 10447946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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