ArticleEuropean journal of clinical nutrition2013
Cost effectiveness of nutrition support in the prevention of pressure ulcer in hospitals.
Article in European journal of clinical nutrition, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Support surfaces for treating pressure ulcers.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- A call-to-action from the feedM.E. Middle East study group. Use of a screen-intervene-supervene strategy to address malnutrition in healthcare.Saudi medical journal · 2015Guideline
- Various Flaps Used for Reconstruction of Pressure Injuries: A Narrative Review.World journal of plastic surgery · 2025Review
- Level of nurses' knowledge on pressure ulcer prevention: A systematic review and meta-analysis study in Ethiopia.Heliyon · 2021Article
- Natural History of Pressure Injury Among Ethnically/Racially Diverse Nursing Home Residents: The Pressure Ulcer Detection Study.Journal of gerontological nursing · 2021Observational
- Economic Evaluations of Strategies to Prevent Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injuries.Advances in skin & wound care · 2017Review
- Pressure Ulcer in Trauma Patients: A Higher Spinal Cord Injury Level Leads to Higher Risk.The journal of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists · 2017Article
- Improved wound management at lower cost: a sensible goal for Australia.International wound journal · 2016Review
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
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objectivesThis study estimates the economic outcomes of a nutrition intervention to at-risk patients compared with standard care in the prevention of pressure ulcer. SUBJECTS/
methodsStatistical models were developed to predict 'cases of pressure ulcer avoided', 'number of bed days gained' and 'change to economic costs' in public hospitals in 2002-2003 in Queensland, Australia. Input parameters were specified and appropriate probability distributions fitted for: number of discharges per annum; incidence rate for pressure ulcer; independent effect of pressure ulcer on length of stay; cost of a bed day; change in risk in developing a pressure ulcer associated with nutrition support; annual cost of the provision of a nutrition support intervention for at-risk patients. A total of 1000 random re-samples were made and the results expressed as output probability distributions.
resultsThe model predicts a mean 2896 (s.d. 632) cases of pressure ulcer avoided; 12, 397 (s.d. 4491) bed days released and corresponding mean economic cost saving of euros 2 869 526 (s.d. 2 078 715) with a nutrition support intervention, compared with standard care.
conclusionNutrition intervention is predicted to be a cost-effective approach in the prevention of pressure ulcer in at-risk patients.
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