Economic evaluation of pressure ulcer care: A cost minimization analysis of preventive startegies

Nursing Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Schuurman, Jaap Peter ^a   Schoonhoven, Lisette ^b   Defloor, Tom ^c   Van Engelshoven, Ilse ^d   Van Ramshorst, Bert ^a   Buskens, Erik ^e,f  

^a ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DECUBITUS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSING; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN CARE; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WORKLOAD;

AGED; COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIRECT SERVICE COSTS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRESSURE ULCER; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN CARE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 75449110612     PISSN: 07461739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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