Background Complex wounds present a substantial economic burden on healthcare
systems, costing billions of dollars annually in North America alone. The prevalence of …

Background Numerous, often multi-faceted regimens are available for treating complex
wounds, yet the evidence of these interventions is recondite across the literature. We aimed …

Background Complex wounds are those that heal by secondary intention and include lower-
limb ulcers, pressure ulcers and some surgical wounds. The care of people with complex …

Background Complex wounds impose a substantial health economic burden worldwide. As
wound care is managed across multiple settings by a range of healthcare professionals with …

Background Decisions on local and systemic wound treatment vary among surgeons and
are frequently based on expert opinion. The aim of this meta-review was to compile best …

Despite the breadth of literature on wound-care treatments, published systematic reviews of
studies comparing clinical outcomes of modern versus traditional dressings on chronic …

Background Costs of chronic wound care are significant, but systematic reviews of cost-
effectiveness studies regarding guideline-based or strategic interventions are scarce …

Background To meet the challenge of an aging population, providers andpayors must
optimize chronic wound care outcomes and contain costs. Objective To explore the costs …

Significance: A 2018 retrospective analysis of Medicare beneficiaries identified that∼ 8.2
million people had wounds with or without infections. Medicare cost estimates for acute and …

Objectives The aim of this study was to review all published economic evaluations of
guideline-based care for chronic wounds and to assess how useful these studies are for …