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Details of HTA project

Last updated: 31 August 2010 - Next update due: 7 September 2010



Research type:

Secondary Research (e.g. systematic review)  

Project title:

A systematic review of wound care 
Outputs in journals arising from this project

Project ref:

93/29/01 

Cost:

£108,236  

Chief Investigator :

Professor Nicky Cullum, Deputy Head of Department, Department of Health Sciences, University of York

Start Date:

July 1997  

Estimated date of publication in HTA journal series:

September 1999. Published.  

Project Abstract:

To derive estimates of the clinical and cost effectiveness of various interventions to prevent and treat various chronic wounds, viz: leg ulcers, diabetic foot ulcers, pressure ulcers, sinus wounds, non-healing surgical wounds healing by secondary intention.  

MeSH* index primary terms:

WOUNDS-AND-INJURIES Q-therapy 

MeSH* index secondary terms:

REVIEW-LITERATURE; EVALUATION-STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT-ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION-OF-INNOVATION; HUMAN 

NRR* number, if applicable:

N0484008756 (*National Research Register). The National Research Register was a public database of ongoing and recently completed research projects funded by, or of interest to, the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS). It is now an archive of projects from early 2000 to September 2007. Search the NRR archive.

Project Protocol:

Project protocol not available

URL of this page:

http://www.hta.ac.uk/912

Outputs from this project

  • Legge, A. Providing that the four-layer bandaging system is the most cost-effective way to treat venous leg ulcers is vital to its inclusing in the drug tariff. Nursing Times Vol: 93, Issue: 29, Page: 51.
  • Fletcher, A; Cullum, N; Sheldon, TA.. A systematic review of compression treatment for venous leg ulcers. BMJ Vol: 315, Pages: 576-580.
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