Healthcare Cost



Healthcare Cost

Problem

The pressure ulcers are the problem of great importance. They are among the serious problems of health affecting the lives of many patients. This disease includes huge costs of sanitary, material and human resources.

Pressure ulcers

The pressure ulcers are also called as bed sores and they are defined as sensitive damage to the subcutaneous tissues which occurs due to the disturbance of blood supply to the areas where these sores occur. The disturbance to the blood supply can be due to pressure, friction, shear or by the combination of these symptoms (Mak et al. 2010). If ...