Cost-effectiveness of compression technologies for evidence-informed leg ulcer care: Results from the Canadian Bandaging Trial

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Pham, Ba' ^a   Harrison, Margaret B ^b   Chen, Maggie H ^c   Carley, Meg E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community care; Compression therapy; Cost effectiveness; Leg ulcers; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPRESSION BANDAGE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSIS;

AGED; CANADA; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COMPRESSION BANDAGES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE ULCER;

EID: 84866793385     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-346     Document Type: Article

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