Putting patients first: Reducing the human and economic costs of wounds

Wounds UK

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 47-55

  Stephen Haynes, Jackie ^a,b   Bielby, Alistair ^c   Searle, Richard ^c  

^a BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WORCESTERSHIRE HEALTH AND CARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Smith and Nephew Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic cost; Efficiency; Human cost; Integrated wound care; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECUBITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; FRUSTRATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; KNOWLEDGE; LEG ULCER; LEISURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL FEE; PAIN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF ESTEEM; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WOUND; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING;

EID: 80054787458     PISSN: 17466814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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