Chronic wounds cost the Australian health system at least US $2· 85 billion per year. Wound
care services in Australia involve a complex mix of treatment options, health care sectors …

Chronic leg ulcers are costly to manage for health service providers. Although evidence-
based care leads to improved healing rates and reduced costs, a significant evidence …

Background: Chronic wounds are a silent epidemic in Australia. They are an under-
recognised public health issue, and their significant health and economic impact is …

This article proposes a systematic, measured and disciplined approach to wound care in
order to maximise efficiency and reconcile the apparently conflicting issues of dwindling …

This article outlines a strategic process for the evaluation of wound management products
and the development of an algorithm as an implementation model for wound management …

This article describes the barriers, changes and achievements related to implementing one
element of a wound care programme being best practice care. With the absence of a …

Despite the considerable progress that has been made over recent years, wound healing
remains a challenge to many clinicians regardless of professional discipline or experience …

The objective of this study is to estimate the cost of wound care in a local population of
approximately 590 000 using results from a wound care audit carried out in Hull and the …

The aim of this study was to estimate the patterns of care and annual levels of health care
resource use attributable to the management of different wound types by the UK's National …

Evidence-based medicine (EBM), defined aptly in 1996 (1, 2), is now part of established
practice and here to stay; no-one could deny that it has raised the standard of medicine in …