title: The evolution, current status, and regulation of ostomy products in the United States.
abstract: In today's rapidly evolving health care environment in which quality, cost-effectiveness, and outcomes are among the most valued health care products, significant issues must be addressed regarding ostomy products and how persons with stomas use them. The lack of evidence-based data has a direct impact on the pocketbooks of many patients with ostomies in the United States and their quality of life. Regulators, accrediting agencies, and payers look to WOC nurses and other providers to provide a sound scientific base upon which they can develop standards and regulations that will improve the life of Americans with stomas.
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Turnbull
mesh_terms: D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D003257:Consumer Product Safety / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004322:Drainage / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004869:Equipment Safety; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D009720:Nurse Clinicians; D010030:Ostomy / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D011788:Quality of Life; D017592:Skin Care / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014481:United States; D014486:United States Food and Drug Administration