US Medicare data show incidence of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers is 4.5%, and they are associated with longer hospital stay and higher risk of death
Evid Based Nurs
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2013 Oct;16(4):118-9.
doi: 10.1136/eb-2012-101112.
Epub 2013 Jan 15.
Author
Zena Moore
1
Affiliation
1
Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, , Dublin, Ireland
PMID:
23321277
DOI:
10.1136/eb-2012-101112
No abstract available
Keywords:
Epidemiology; Wound Management.
Publication types
Comment
MeSH terms
Female
Humans
Male
Medicare*
Patient Safety*
Pressure Ulcer / epidemiology*