The costs arising from pressure ulcers attributable to malnutrition
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01/04/2010
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Aim To estimate the economic consequences of pressure ulcers attributable to malnutrition. Method 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 • Number of at risk discharges per annum • Incidence rate for pressure ulcer • Attributable fraction of malnutrition in the development of pressure ulcer • Independent effect of pressure ulcer on length of hospital stay • Opportunity cost of hospital bed day One thousand random re-samples were made and the results expressed as (output) probabilistic distributions. Results The model predicts a mean 16060 (SD 5 671) bed days lost and corresponding mean economic cost of AU$12 968 668 (SD AU$4 924 148) (EUROS 6 925 268 SD 2 629 495; US$ 7 288 391 SD 2 767 371) 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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Elsevier BV |
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http://eprints.qut.edu.au/30207/1/c30207.pdf DOI:10.1016/j.clnu.2009.08.006 Banks, Merrilyn D., Graves, Nicholas, Bauer, Judith D., & Ash, Susan (2010) The costs arising from pressure ulcers attributable to malnutrition. Clinical Nutrition, 29(2), pp. 180-186. |
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Copyright 2009 Elsevier This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Clinical Nutrition. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Clinical Nutrition, [VOL 29, ISSUE 2, (2010)] DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2009.08.006 |
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Faculty of Health; Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation; School of Public Health & Social Work |
Palavras-Chave | #140208 Health Economics #111100 NUTRITION AND DIETETICS #Pressure Ulcer #Malnutrition #Economic Cost |
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Journal Article |