Percentage of patients who utilised resources in the study year
| Diabetic foot ulcer | Leg ulcer (venous) | Open wound | Pressure ulcer | Surgical wound | Unspecified | Other acute wounds* | Other chronic wounds† | All wounds | |
| District/community nurse visits | 96% | 85% | 24% | 60% | 46% | 44% | 34% | 85% | 38% |
| Healthcare assistant visits | 93% | 81% | 21% | 40% | 46% | 44% | 25% | 87% | 36% |
| Practice nurse visits | 94% | 96% | 97% | 93% | 97% | 98% | 96% | 85% | 97% |
| GP office visits | 97% | 100% | 90% | 93% | 82% | 62% | 89% | 100% | 84% |
| Dressings | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Compression bandaging/ hosiery | 15% | 93% | 5% | 0% | 3% | 6% | 2% | 40% | 6% |
| Prescribed analgesics/ non-steroidal anti-inflammatories | 57% | 81% | 12% | 53% | 24% | 20% | 17% | 46% | 21% |
| Prescribed antibiotics | 92% | 81% | 81% | 67% | 43% | 26% | 56% | 86% | 50% |
| Hospital outpatient visits with a nurse | 35% | 37% | 8% | 0% | 18% | 31% | 15% | 20% | 17% |
| Accident and emergency attendances | 23% | 30% | 8% | 7% | 8% | 4% | 13% | 11% | 8% |
| Hospital admissions without surgery | 4% | 7% | 7% | 13% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 4% | 7% |
| Hospital outpatient visits with a physician/surgeon | 15% | 7% | 4% | 20% | 8% | 1% | 4% | 9% | 5% |
| GP home visits | 2% | 11% | 1% | 13% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Diagnostic tests | 3% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 3% | 1% | 4% | 2% |
| Ambulance services | 3% | 4% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% |
| Hospital admissions with surgery | 2% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 6% | 0% | 2% | 0% | 2% |
| Specialist nurse visits‡ | 3% | 0% | 0% | 7% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 1% |
| Podiatrist visits | 3% | 0% | 1% | 7% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 6% | 1% |
| Day cases | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | <1% | 0% | 0% | <1% |
*Other acute wounds comprise abscesses, burns and traumatic wounds.
†Other chronic wounds comprise arterial, mixed and unspecified leg ulcers. Full details are available in online supplemental table S5.
‡Includes tissue viability nurses and diabetic nurse specialists.
GP, general practitioner.