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- Title
Cost of the treatment for venous ulcers in an outpatient clinic and in the household: a descriptive study.
- Authors
Pereira de Oliveira, Aretha; Renaud Baptista de Oliveira, Beatriz Guitton
- Abstract
Aim: To compare the direct costs of treatment of venous ulcers involving the use of carboxymethylcellulose gel in domiciliary and outpatient environments. Method: This is a descriptive study, in which 96 consultations were performed in the Wound Healing Clinic of a university hospital between April and December 2013. Cost categories were identified, monetary values were defined and calculations were based on the consumption of materials used in the clinic and later released to the patients' homes. The study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the hospital under the number 196/08. Results: After 84 days of follow-up, outpatient treatment costs were higher than the home care costs, and the main reason for this difference was nursing manpower. Conclusion: It is necessary to define strategies for conducting effective nursing consultations and these strategies should include guidelines for home care and the dispensing of the material for patients.
- Subjects
ULCER treatment; OUTPATIENT services in hospitals; PHARMACEUTICAL gels; LEG ulcers; LONGITUDINAL method; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL care costs; SURVEYS; MATHEMATICAL variables; COST analysis; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; ECONOMICS
- Publication
Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing, 2015, Vol 14, Issue 3, p221
- ISSN
1676-4285
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.17665/1676-4285.20154842