What price wound care?

International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 230-232

  Trueman, Paul ^a   Posnett, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b Smith and Nephew Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETIC FOOT; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDITORIAL; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

BANDAGES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HUMANS; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33750719443     PISSN: 15347346     EISSN: 15526941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534734606294073     Document Type: Editorial

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