Journal article
Major costs associated with pressure sores
Journal of wound care, Vol.7(6), pp.286-290
06/1998
DOI: 10.12968/jowc.1998.7.6.286
PMID: 9697461
Abstract
Cost drivers in the treatment of full-thickness pressure sores were identified from the literature, Medicare data tapes and interviews with health-care providers. The following were identified as cost drivers in pressure sore treatment: nursing time related to wound care; nursing time devoted to patient position changes; dressing products; patient support devices; antibiotics; room charges for nursing home care; doctor visits for nursing home and home care patients; surgical debridement for nursing home and home care patients; hospital admissions for medical treatment for pressure sores; admissions for surgical treatment for pressure sores; and additional costs for hospital stays when patients who are admitted for other diagnoses develop sores.
These cost drivers may be useful to health-care providers in developing cost-effective strategies for treating and preventing pressure sores.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Major costs associated with pressure sores
- Creators
- H.S Javitz - Senior Statistician, Center for Health Sciences, SRI International, Menlo Park, CAM.M Ward - Associate Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IAL Martens - Senior Director, ICOM Health Economics, RWJ Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Raritan, NJ
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of wound care, Vol.7(6), pp.286-290
- Publisher
- MA Healthcare
- DOI
- 10.12968/jowc.1998.7.6.286
- PMID
- 9697461
- ISSN
- 0969-0700
- eISSN
- 2052-2916
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/1998
- Academic Unit
- Health Management and Policy
- Record Identifier
- 9984214787502771
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