Table 5.

Percentage of patients who utilised resources in the study year

	Diabetic foot ulcer	Leg ulcer (venous)	Open wound	Pressure ulcer	Surgical wound	Unspecified	Other acute wounds*	Other chronic wounds†	All wounds
District/community nurse visits	96%	85%	24%	60%	46%	44%	34%	85%	38%
Healthcare assistant visits	93%	81%	21%	40%	46%	44%	25%	87%	36%
Practice nurse visits	94%	96%	97%	93%	97%	98%	96%	85%	97%
GP office visits	97%	100%	90%	93%	82%	62%	89%	100%	84%
Dressings	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Compression bandaging/ hosiery	15%	93%	5%	0%	3%	6%	2%	40%	6%
Prescribed analgesics/ non-steroidal anti-inflammatories	57%	81%	12%	53%	24%	20%	17%	46%	21%
Prescribed antibiotics	92%	81%	81%	67%	43%	26%	56%	86%	50%
Hospital outpatient visits with a nurse	35%	37%	8%	0%	18%	31%	15%	20%	17%
Accident and emergency attendances	23%	30%	8%	7%	8%	4%	13%	11%	8%
Hospital admissions without surgery	4%	7%	7%	13%	8%	8%	7%	4%	7%
Hospital outpatient visits with a physician/surgeon	15%	7%	4%	20%	8%	1%	4%	9%	5%
GP home visits	2%	11%	1%	13%	2%	1%	2%	2%	2%
Diagnostic tests	3%	0%	1%	0%	2%	3%	1%	4%	2%
Ambulance services	3%	4%	0%	0%	1%	1%	0%	1%	1%
Hospital admissions with surgery	2%	0%	0%	0%	6%	0%	2%	0%	2%
Specialist nurse visits‡	3%	0%	0%	7%	1%	1%	0%	2%	1%
Podiatrist visits	3%	0%	1%	7%	1%	0%	1%	6%	1%
Day cases	0%	0%	0%	0%	1%	<1%	0%	0%	<1%

*Other acute wounds comprise abscesses, burns and traumatic wounds.

†Other chronic wounds comprise arterial, mixed and unspecified leg ulcers. Full details are available in online supplemental table S5.

‡Includes tissue viability nurses and diabetic nurse specialists.

GP, general practitioner.