Quality of care in chronic leg ulcer in the community: Introduction of quality indicators and a scoring system

Dermatology

Volumn 222, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 321-329

  Augustin, Matthias ^a   Rustenbach, Stephan Jeff ^a   Debus, Sebastian ^a   Grams, Lena ^b   Münter, Karl Christian ^c   Tigges, Wolfgang ^c   Schäfer, Elmar ^d   Herberger, Katharina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b SCIderm GmbH   (Germany)

^c Sciderm GmbH ^*  (Germany)

^d Chirurgische Praxis   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic wounds; Health related quality of life; Leg ulcer; Quality indicators; Quality of care; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; WOUND CARE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052441992     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: 14219832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000328139     Document Type: Article

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