Cost-of-illness of leg ulcers in the community

International Wound Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 283-292

  Augustin, Matthias ^a   Brocatti, Leyla K ^a   Rustenbach, Stephan J ^a   Schäfer, Ines ^a   Herberger, Katharina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic wounds; Cost of illness; Health care wounds; Leg ulcers

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG COST; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; VERY ELDERLY; WOUND CARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LEG ULCER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84900405398     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2012.01089.x     Document Type: Article

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