Wound care costs in general practice - a cross-sectional study.

The management of wounds presents a significant burden to healthcare services, consuming a large amount of resources. This study aimed to determine the cost of wound care in general practice by conducting an audit of current wound management practices.Eighteen general practices collected data on wound care episodes over a period of 14 days during December 2011.For most of the 332 wound care episodes, the total cost was greater than the total...