Thomas S
J Wound Care. 1995 Sep;4(8):350-4. doi: 10.12968/jowc.1995.4.8.350.
Prescriptions issued between July 1993 and June 1994 for wound management materials cost the NHS in Wales a total of 5.5 million pounds. A detailed analysis of Welsh PACT (prescribing analysis and cost) data suggests that this expenditure could be reduced by up to 140,000 pounds by the introduction of minor changes in prescribing patterns. These savings would be achieved with no reduction in the quality of care provided to patients, and in some instances the changes proposed would lead to the use of products which are superior in performance terms to those items that are currently being prescribed. More fundamental changes, involving the exclusion of some products of questionable efficacy, would result in additional savings up to a maximum of 527,000 pounds. As expenditure in Wales is generally considered to represent approximately 10% that of the UK as a whole, this figure could approach 5 million pounds on a national basis.
1993年7月至1994年6月期间，威尔士国民健康服务体系（NHS）为伤口处理材料所开处方的费用总计达550万英镑。对威尔士PACT（处方分析与成本）数据的详细分析表明，通过对处方模式进行微小改变，这笔支出最多可减少14万英镑。实现这些节省的同时，为患者提供的护理质量不会降低，而且在某些情况下，所提议的改变将导致使用性能优于目前所开处方产品的产品。更根本性的改变，包括排除一些疗效存疑的产品，将带来额外节省，最高可达52.7万英镑。由于威尔士的支出通常被认为约占英国整体支出的10%，在全国范围内，这一数字可能接近500万英镑。
