Table 2.

Summary statistics of direct healthcare resource use among 570 survey patients with a venous leg ulcer as their primary (most severe) wound

	Patients with this cost	% of total patients
Primary dressing
Honey	51	8.9
Iodine	24	4.2
Silver	83	14.6
Other antimicrobial	36	6.3
Non-antimicrobial	312	54.7
No dressing reported	64	11.2
Secondary dressing
Honey	1	0.2
Silver	5	0.9
Non-antimicrobial	250	43.9
No dressing	314	55.1
Any secondary dressing reported	260	45.6
Bandages
No bandage reported	145	25.4
Four layer compression	52	9.1
Short stretch	63	11.1
Three layer reduced compression	98	17.2
Two layer compression	82	14.4
Non-compression	57	10.0
Dressing retention	24	4.2
Other	49	8.6
Hosiery
No hosiery reported	464	81.4
Class 1	40	7.0
Class 2	51	8.9
Class 3	14	2.5
Other	1	0.2
Ulcer-related medicines
Antibiotic	51	8.9
Topical steroids	88	15.4
Analgesics	60	10.5
No medicines reported	371	65.1