Table 6.
Annual amount of National Health Service resource use attributable to managing 3.8 million patients with a wound (thousands)
| Abscess | Burn | Diabetic foot ulcer | Leg ulcer (arterial) | Leg ulcer (mixed) | Leg ulcer (unspecified) | Leg ulcer (venous) | Open wound | Pressure ulcer | Surgical wound | Trauma | Unspecified | All wounds | |
| District/community nurse visits | 1069.31 | 2124.01 | 10 443.18 | 895.38 | 4411.41 | 6093.17 | 17 459.02 | 797.34 | 5789.24 | 2791.44 | 234.97 | 2305.39 | 54 413.86 |
| Healthcare assistant visits | 1111.38 | 1283.91 | 10 641.73 | 1020.07 | 4671.18 | 6946.81 | 17 619.78 | 804.15 | 3839.82 | 3047.33 | 238.16 | 2423.08 | 53 647.40 |
| Practice nurse visits | 745.32 | 484.97 | 3428.04 | 187.59 | 1938.34 | 1278.84 | 14 461.10 | 545.16 | 1128.81 | 1217.10 | 290.62 | 2356.74 | 28 062.63 |
| GP office visits | 632.13 | 382.27 | 2436.59 | 115.97 | 1173.09 | 1102.64 | 9855.13 | 497.20 | 1196.00 | 983.00 | 292.53 | 1424.03 | 20 090.58 |
| Dressings | 7383.46 | 5580.89 | 51 475.28 | 4007.17 | 19 817.92 | 26 030.08 | 79 863.79 | 6759.11 | 9467.04 | 27 172.85 | 4028.25 | 22 913.59 | 264 499.43 |
| Compression bandaging/hosiery | 160.32 | 62.52 | 588.14 | 0.00 | 1691.43 | 258.85 | 27 259.29 | 239.70 | 0.00 | 260.19 | 0.00 | 407.91 | 30 928.35 |
| Prescribed medication | 827.59 | 235.79 | 2948.13 | 242.17 | 1473.18 | 1787.04 | 5498.12 | 641.18 | 1760.41 | 922.26 | 177.91 | 1359.55 | 17 873.33 |
| Hospital outpatient visits with a nurse | 171.46 | 171.49 | 583.19 | 20.47 | 709.31 | 190.11 | 3672.33 | 43.82 | 0.00 | 286.86 | 18.26 | 600.07 | 6467.37 |
| Accident and emergency attendances | 57.15 | 46.44 | 150.74 | 10.23 | 47.74 | 19.01 | 248.97 | 30.41 | 40.32 | 57.93 | 13.23 | 35.83 | 758.00 |
| Hospital admissions without surgery | 24.01 | 17.86 | 19.77 | 0.00 | 3.41 | 19.01 | 62.24 | 33.98 | 26.88 | 60.74 | 23.30 | 78.81 | 370.01 |
| Hospital outpatient visits with a physician/surgeon | 18.29 | 0.00 | 61.78 | 6.82 | 10.23 | 28.52 | 41.50 | 14.31 | 40.32 | 40.18 | 18.26 | 5.37 | 285.57 |
| GP home visits | 5.72 | 7.15 | 14.83 | 0.00 | 17.04 | 0.00 | 62.24 | 5.37 | 40.32 | 11.21 | 1.89 | 24.18 | 189.95 |
| Diagnostic tests | 1.14 | 3.57 | 17.30 | 0.00 | 30.69 | 47.53 | 0.00 | 3.58 | 0.00 | 14.02 | 2.83 | 23.29 | 143.95 |
| Ambulance services | 2.29 | 0.00 | 9.89 | 0.00 | 3.41 | 0.00 | 41.49 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.67 | 0.00 | 5.37 | 67.12 |
| Hospital admissions with surgery | 4.57 | 3.57 | 4.95 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 34.57 | 3.46 | 0.00 | 51.12 |
| Specialist nurse visits* | 0.00 | 0.00 | 17.30 | 0.00 | 10.23 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.44 | 0.93 | 0.00 | 3.74 | 45.64 |
| Podiatrist visits | 2.29 | 0.00 | 9.89 | 13.64 | 17.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.89 | 13.44 | 1.87 | 0.32 | 0.00 | 59.38 |
| Day cases | 1.14 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.87 | 0.00 | 0.90 | 3.91 |
*Includes tissue viability nurses and diabetic nurse specialists.
GP, general practitioner.