Costs of topical treatment of pressure ulcer patients

• Main Authors: Cynthia Carolina Duarte Andrade (Author), Cláudia Fernanda dos Santos Calixto de Almeida (Author), Walkíria Euzébio Pereira (Author), Márcia Mascarenhas Alemão (Author), Cristina Mariano Ruas Brandão (Author), Eline Lima Borges (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SciELO, 2016-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract OBJECTIVE To evaluate the costs of a topical treatment of pressure ulcer (PU) patients in a hospital unit for treatment of chronic patients in 2014. METHOD This is an activity-based costing study. This method encompasses the identification, measurement and pricing of physical and human reso...