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    Vowden, Peter (32)Guest, J.F. (5)Ayoub, N. (3)Gerrish, A. (3)Chadwick, P. (2)Collins, Jane B. (2)Posnett, J. (2)Uchegbu, I. (2)Acton, C. (1)View MoreSubjectHumans (4)Aged (3); Female (2); Humans (2); Male (2); Middle aged (2); Pilot projects (2)Cost effectiveness; Wound assessment; Wound dressing; Wound healing; Wound pathophysiology (2)Retrospective studies (2)*Bandages (1)View MoreDate Issued2017 (4)2016 (7)2015 (6)2014 (3)2013 (5)2012 (3)2011 (4)2009 (3)2008 (5)

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    A new methodology for costing wound care

    Harding, K.; Posnett, J.; Vowden, Kath (2013)
    Increasing pressure on health care budgets highlights the need for clinicians to understand the true costs of wound care, in order to be able to defend services against indiscriminate cost cutting. Our aim was to develop and test a straightforward method of measuring treatment costs, which is feasible in routine practice. The method was tested in a prospective study of leg ulcer patients attending three specialist clinics in the UK. A set of ulcer-related health state descriptors were defined on the basis that they represented distinct and clinically relevant descriptions of wound condition ['healed', 'progressing'; 'static''deteriorating; 'severe' (ulcer with serious complications)]. A standardised data-collection instrument was used to record information for all patients attending the clinic during the study period regarding (i) the health state of the ulcer; (ii) treatment received during the clinic visit and (iii) treatment planned between clinic visits. Information on resource use was used to estimate weekly treatment costs by ulcer state. Information was collected at 827 independent weekly observations from the three study centres. Treatment costs increased markedly with ulcer severity: an ulcer which was 'deteriorating' or 'severe' cost between twice and six times as much per week as an ulcer which was progressing normally towards healing. Higher costs were driven primarily by more frequent clinic visits and by the costs of hospitalisation for ulcers with severe complications. This exercise has demonstrated that the proposed methodology is easy to apply, and produces information which is of value in monitoring healing and in potentially reducing treatment costs.
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    Documentation in pressure ulcer prevention and management

    Vowden, Kath; Vowden, Peter (2015)
    Effective record keeping underpins service delivery and provides a record of the quality of care delivered. Pressure ulcer risk assessment, prevention strategy and pressure ulcer care provision are a key element in the nursing process and are correctly a focus area within the safety agenda. This article reviews issues related to the documentation of pressure ulcer risk assessment and prevention and asks whether the time is right to move towards a universal system of pressure ulcer care documentation, linked to reporting within the NHS.
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    Antimcrobial dressings made easy.

    Vowden, Peter; Vowden, Kath; Carvorsi, J (2011)
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    The resource costs of wound care in Bradford and Airedale primary care trust in the UK

    Vowden, Kath; Vowden, Peter; Posnett, J. (2009)
    OBJECTIVE: To estimate the resource costs of providing wound care for the 488,000 catchment population of the Bradford and Airedale primary care trust (PCT). METHOD: A wound survey was carried out over a one-week period in March 2007 covering three hospitals in two acute trusts, district nurses, nursing homes and residential homes within the geographical area defined by the PCT. The survey included information on the frequency of dressing change, treatment time and district nurse travel time. The resource costs of wound care in the PCT were estimated by combining this information with representative costs for the UK National Health Service and information on dressing spend. RESULTS: Prevalence of patients with a wound was 3.55 per 1000 population. The majority of wounds were surgical/trauma (48%), leg/foot (28%) and pressure ulcers (21%). Prevalence of wounds among hospital inpatients was 30.7%. Of these, 11.6% were pressure ulcers, of which 66% were hospital-acquired. The attributable cost of wound care in 2006-2007 was pounds 9.89 million: pounds 2.03 million per 100,000 population and 1.44% of the local health-care budget. Costs included pounds 1.69 million spending on dressings, 45.4 full-time nurses (valued at pounds 3.076 million) and 60-61 acute hospital beds (valued at pounds 5.13 million). CONCLUSION: The cost of wound care is significant. The most important components are the costs of wound-related hospitalisation and the opportunity cost of nurse time. The 32% of patients treated in hospital accounted for 63% of total costs. Putting in place care pathways to avoid hospitalisation and avoiding the development of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers and other wound complications are important ways to reduce costs. DECLARATION OF INTEREST: John Posnett is an employee of Smith & Nephew.
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    A survey of wound care provision within one English health care district.

    Vowden, Kath; Vowden, Peter (2009)
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    The prevalence, management and outcome for patients with lower limb ulceration identified in a wound care survey within one English health care district.

    Vowden, Kath; Vowden, Peter (2009)
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    Ongoing treatment evaluation is the only relible guide to a product's effectiveness.

    Vowden, Kath (2008)
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    3M COBAN 2 Compression made easy.

    Vowden, Kath; Vowden, Peter; Partsch, H; Treadwell, T (2011)
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    Compression therapy for venous ulcers.

    Vowden, Kath; Vowden, Peter (2008)
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    The lactate conundrum in wound healing: Clinical and experimental findings indicate the requirement for a rapid point-of-care diagnostic

    Britland, Stephen T.; Ross-Smith, O.; Jamil, H.; Smith, Annie G.; Vowden, Kath; Vowden, Peter (2012)
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