Why is it so hard to do the right thing in wound care?

Wound Repair and Regeneration

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 154-158

  Fife, Caroline E ^a   Carter, Marissa J ^b   Walker, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Strategic Solutions Inc   (United States)

^c INTELLICURE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPRESSION BANDAGE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETIC FOOT; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; TOTAL CONTACT CASTING; WOUND CARE;

BANDAGES; CASTS, SURGICAL; DIABETIC FOOT; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REGISTRIES; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS;

EID: 77949888247     PISSN: 10671927     EISSN: 1524475X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-475X.2010.00571.x     Document Type: Review

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