title: Economics of quality ulcer care.
abstract: Venous leg ulcers may affect up to 3.5% of the general patient population. The purchase price for dressing is not the true indication of cost effectiveness of any given method of care; rather cost is a combination of the price of the dressing plus labor required. Total cost equals nursing time, physician time, hospital stay, home-health costs, risks, and costs of complications (for example, infection), and the frequency of dressing changes.
authors.affiliation: Veterans Administration Medical and Regional Office Center, Wilmington, DE, USA.
authors.forename: Morris D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Kerstein
mesh_terms: D001458:Bandages / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000191:economics*; D017592:Skin Care / Q000191:economics* / Q000451:nursing / Q000592:standards; D014647:Varicose Ulcer / Q000191:economics* / Q000451:nursing*