Expenditure of chronic venous leg ulcer management in German primary care: Results from a population-based study

International Wound Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 52-56

  Müller Bühl, Uwe ^a   Leutgeb, Rüdiger ^a   Bungartz, Jessica ^a   Szecsenyi, Joachim ^a   Laux, Gunter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic leg ulcer; CONTENT; Cost analysis; Primary care; Utilisation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOUND DRESSING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BANDAGES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VARICOSE ULCER;

EID: 84872605694     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2012.00942.x     Document Type: Article

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