The economic impact of hard-to-heal leg ulcers

Wounds UK

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 58-69

  Rippon, Mark ^a   Davies, Phil ^a   White, Richard ^b   Bosanquet, Nick ^c  

^a Molnlycke Health Care   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advanced wound therapies; Compression therapy; Health economics; Venous leg ulcer

Indexed keywords

AMELOGENIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CITRUGEL; FLAVONOID; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PLANT EXTRACT; RECOMBINANT GROWTH FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; BANDAGES AND DRESSINGS; BANDAGING TECHNIQUE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION THERAPY; COST OF ILLNESS; DRUG EFFECT; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MORBIDITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 34547593976     PISSN: 17466814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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