Cost-effectiveness of soluble beta-glucan gel in hard-to-heal wounds: an evaluation
| Autor: | John Posnett, Sharon Hunt, Fredrik Elg |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Wound Healing Nursing (miscellaneous) beta-Glucans business.industry Cost effectiveness Cost-Benefit Analysis 030208 emergency & critical care medicine Health Care Costs Pharmacology Middle Aged Beta-glucan United Kingdom 030207 dermatology & venereal diseases 03 medical and health sciences chemistry.chemical_compound 0302 clinical medicine chemistry Medicine Humans Wounds and Injuries Fundamentals and skills Female business Retrospective Studies |
| Zdroj: | Journal of wound care. 28(7) |
| ISSN: | 0969-0700 |
| Popis: | Objective: To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of a soluble beta-glucan-containing gel as short-term adjunct therapy in the treatment of hard-to-heal wounds in a UK community health-care setting. Methods: A comparative clinical evaluation involving consecutive patients treated for up to eight weeks with a beta-glucan-containing gel as adjunct to standard care. This was compared with consecutive patients as retrospective controls, and using the same standard care protocol from a year previously. The inclusion criteria was wounds that were slow-healing or stalled (Results: A total of 300 patients took part. Complete follow-up at 24 weeks was available for 144 patients in the beta-glucan group, and 136 patients in the standard care group. At 24 weeks, the beta-glucan group had a 96% healing rate compared with 75% in the standard care group (pConclusion: The results of this evaluation suggest that short-term use of the beta-glucan gel as an adjunct to standard care on slow-healing wounds can shorten healing times and reduce NHS costs. |
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