Table 5.

Cost of wound care stratified by infection management

	Percentage of cohort	Percentage healed	Time to healing (months)	Mean cost of care
No evidence of having received antibiotics and/or antimicrobial dressings	40%	69%	3.4	£4379
Recorded as having received antibiotics and/or antimicrobial dressings	60%	66%	11.2	£26 671
Recorded as having received only antibiotics	43%	71%	10.7	£24 396
Recorded as having received only antimicrobial dressings	4%	50%	5.1	£12 606
Recorded as having received antibiotics and antimicrobial dressings	13%	48%	12.9	£38 406