Table 2.

Summary of resource use in usual care group and optimal care group

	Usual care	Optimal care (Option 1)	Optimal care (Option 2)
Healed VLU	No additional care	• Clinic assessment by nurse practitioner every 3 months • Compression stocking every 3 months	• Clinic assessment by GP every 3 months • Compression stocking every 3 months
Unhealed VLU	• One-off assessment by GP • Clinic visits to GP or community nurse or outpatient clinic twice a week • Dressings change twice a week • High compression therapy prescribed to 50% of patients If infected • Pathology test every week • systemic antibiotics	• One-off ABPI or vascular assessment and assessment by nurse practitioner and vascular surgeon • Clinic visits to nurse practitioner once a week • Dressings change every week • High compression therapy prescribed to everyone If infected • One-off pathology test • Debridement once a week • Systemic antibiotics	• One-off ABPI and GP assessment • Clinic visits to GP or community nurse or outpatient clinic once a week • Dressings change every week • High compression therapy prescribed to everyone If infected • One-off pathology test • Debridement once a week • Systemic antibiotics