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Physical Therapy In Wound Care A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis, Kehua Zhou, Kenneth Krug, Michael S. Brogan
Physical Therapy In Wound Care A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis, Kehua Zhou, Kenneth Krug, Michael S. Brogan
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© 2015 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved. Management of chronic wounds remains unsatisfactory in terms of treatment cost and time required for complete wound closure (CWC). This study aimed to calculate the healing rates, estimated cost, and time required for CWC in wounds; compare estimated wound care costs between healing and nonhealing wounds; and compare cost effectiveness between venous leg ulcer (VLU) and non-VLU. This was a retrospective cohort study performed at a physical therapy (PT) wound care clinic. Deidentified patient data in the electronicmedical database from September 10, 2012 to January 23, 2015 were extracted. Among 159 …