Pressure ulcer care: nutritional therapy need not add to costs.
Fewer patients with pressure ulcers in Dutch nursing homes receive nutritional therapy via sip feeds, possibly because of cost concerns. But this therapy would not cost more if it reduced the duration of nursing care by even one day, this paper argues.
Schols
J M G A
JM
De Riethorst Nursing Home, Geertruidenberg, Netherlands. jmga.schols@worldonline.nl
Kleijer
C N
CN
Lourens
C
C
D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000191:economics; D018529:Nutritional Support / Q000191:economics*; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000178:diet therapy* / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing; D015995:Prevalence; D016526:Workload / Q000191:economics