Establishing a Case for Change

Establishing a Case for Change

The prophylactic use of PICO^◊ sNPWT has been extensively studied. 

Use of PICO sNPWT was less costly and resulted in improved health outcomes compared with standard care for combined surgical specialties when analysed from both a US and UK healthcare service perspective.

Learning Objectives

• Be familiar with the basics of health economics.
• Understand costs and outcomes measures and those specific for wound care.
• How to establish a case for changing to incisional NPWT prophylaxis using PICO sNPWT with benchmark auditing of SSC outcomes and business case development.