Incidence and prevalence data: can we ensure greater accuracy?
Practitioners in the UK will only know if they are meeting targets on pressure ulcer reduction if they provide valid and reliable prevalence and incidence data. But all too often, published data contain inconsistencies and can be misleading.
D015982:Bias; D003625:Data Collection / Q000592:standards*; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D006292:Health Priorities; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology