| The costs arising from pressure ulcers attributable to malnutrition. | |
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PMID: 19713015 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: To estimate the economic consequences of pressure ulcer attributable to malnutrition. METHODS: Statistical models were developed to predict the number of cases of pressure ulcer, associated bed days lost and the dollar value of these losses in public hospitals in 2002/2003 in Queensland, Australia. The following input parameters were specified and appropriate probability distributions fitted.One thousand random re-samples were made and the results expressed as (output) probabilistic distributions. RESULTS: The model predicts a mean 16,060 (SD 5671) bed days lost and corresponding mean economic cost of AU$12,968,668 (SD AU$4,924,148) (EUROS 6,925,268; SD 2,629,495) of pressure ulcer attributable to malnutrition in 2002/2003 in public hospitals in Queensland, Australia. CONCLUSION: The cost of pressure ulcer attributable to malnutrition in bed days and dollar terms are substantial. The model only considers costs of increased length of stay associated with pressure ulcer and not other factors associated with care. |
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Authors:
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Merrilyn D Banks; Nicholas Graves; Judith D Bauer; Susan Ash |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2009-08-26 |
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Title: Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland) Volume: 29 ISSN: 1532-1983 ISO Abbreviation: Clin Nutr Publication Date: 2010 Apr |
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Created Date: 2010-03-30 Completed Date: 2010-07-01 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8309603 Medline TA: Clin Nutr Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 180-6 Citation Subset: IM |
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Crown Copyright 2009. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, QLD 4059, Australia. merrilyn_banks@health.qld.gov.au |
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Databases, Factual Hospital Costs* Hospitalization / economics Hospitals, Public / economics, statistics & numerical data Humans Incidence Length of Stay / economics Malnutrition / complications*, epidemiology Models, Economic Pressure Ulcer / economics*, epidemiology, etiology Prevalence Queensland / epidemiology |
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