Opportunities for better value wound care: a multiservice, cross-sectional survey of complex wounds and their care in a UK community population.
Trish A GraySarah RhodesRoss A AtkinsonKaty RothwellPaul WilsonJo C DumvilleNicky A CullumPublished in: BMJ open (2018)
Marked variations were found in care, underuse of evidence-based practices and overuse of practices that are not supported by robust research evidence. Significant opportunities for delivering better value wound care therefore exist. Efforts should now focus on developing strategies to identify, assess and disinvest from products and practices supported by little or no evidence and enhance the uptake of those that are.