Health economic burden that different wound types impose on the UK's National Health Service.
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...1 billion in 2012.(9) In the United States, it has been reported that over 6....
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...During this period, the cost per unhealed wound ranged from £1719 to £5976 per patient, 135% more than that of a healed wound [18]....
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...*The cost of (1) ambulance services and (2) accident and emergency attendances are not shown but included in the total....
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...The annual cost to the NHS attributable to wound management and associated comorbidities was estimated at £5⋅3 billion (1)....
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...We have already reported the prevalence of each wound type (1)....
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...After adjustment for comorbidities, the annual NHS cost of managing wounds was estimated to be £4⋅5–5⋅1 billion, two-thirds of which was incurred in the community and the rest in secondary care (1)....
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...This was a retrospective cohort analysis of the records of patients in The Health Improvement Network (THIN) database, as previously described (1)....
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...In addition, the annual NHS cost of managing pressure ulcers was estimated to be £1⋅8–2⋅6 billion (16)....
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...One such study estimated the annual NHS cost of treating patients with venous ulceration to be £168–198 million and £300 million for diabetic foot ulcers (16)....
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...The NHS Five-Year Forward View (5YFV) (15) identified a national need for a different integrated model of health and social care, which is ‘joined up’ and which addresses the needs of patients with long-term illnesses....
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