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A Comparison of the Cost Effectiveness in Venous Ulcer Management Between Current Methods in the Community and Treatment with a Multilayer Compression Bandage System

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Chronic venous ulceration is a debilitating and socially isolating disease affecting approximately 150,000 people at any one time in the United Kingdom [1], The prevalence increases with age and women are affected twice as commonly as men.

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  1. University Department of Surgery, Royal United Hospital, Combe Park, Bath, UK

    A. D. Fox, D. Trkulja, M. S. Whiteley, J. S. Budd & M. Horrocks

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David Negus Georges Jantet Philip D. Coleridge-Smith

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Fox, A.D., Trkulja, D., Whiteley, M.S., Budd, J.S., Horrocks, M. (1995). A Comparison of the Cost Effectiveness in Venous Ulcer Management Between Current Methods in the Community and Treatment with a Multilayer Compression Bandage System. In: Negus, D., Jantet, G., Coleridge-Smith, P.D. (eds) Phlebology ’95. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3095-6_7

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