Simple Wound Care Cost Comparison
We’ll compute cost per patient, cost per healed wound, and net impact for your cohort. Use your local numbers or load an example below.
Examples are placeholders to show how the tool works. Replace with your own data.
How many patients you expect (e.g., next quarter or year).
Include antibiotics, clinic/ER, debridement, and any admissions typical for your setting.
Arm A — Standard of Care
Include supplies + staff time + visit/overhead. Tip: (supply per change × changes/week) + (minutes/ change × loaded hourly/60 × changes/week) + visit cost/week.
Median/average days to full closure (or discharge). If using a 12-week horizon, keep the success rate below aligned to that horizon.
% of target wounds closed by end of horizon. Use your EMR or recent audit for this wound type.
% of cases with wound-related infection requiring Rx or admission.
How to fill Arm A (quick guide)
- Weekly cost: Pull last month’s average supply spend + nursing time + visit cost for this wound type.
- Days to heal: Median from your quality dashboard or last 20 cases.
- Success %: % healed by week 12 (or your chosen horizon) for this wound type only.
- Infection %: Optional. If unknown, leave as 0 and focus on cost/time to heal.
Arm B — Intervention (e.g., VityPatch™)
Same method as Arm A but with the new product/pathway. Include any changes in change frequency or staff time.
Your observed median (pilot, chart review) or best estimate from recent cases.
% healed by the same horizon as Arm A. Keep horizons consistent to avoid bias.
If you expect fewer infections with the intervention, reflect it here.
How to fill Arm B (quick guide)
- Weekly cost: Include product cost, any fewer changes, and shorter nurse time if applicable.
- Days to heal: Use your pilot data; if not available, run a small observational sample (10–20 cases).
- Success %: Keep the same horizon as Arm A; enter the % healed on the intervention.
- Infection %: Optional; use your historical rate or early pilot signals.
Arm A: Cost / Patient
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Arm B: Cost / Patient
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Savings per Patient (B − A)
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Arm A: Cost / Healed
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Arm B: Cost / Healed
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Extra Healed per 100 pts
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Net Impact for Cohort
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How it’s calculated (plain English)
Per-patient cost = (days/7 × weekly cost) + (infection rate × infection cost).
Cost per healed = per-patient cost ÷ success rate.
Net cohort impact = (Δcost per patient × cohort). Negative = savings.
Quick data tips:
Cost per healed = per-patient cost ÷ success rate.
Net cohort impact = (Δcost per patient × cohort). Negative = savings.
Quick data tips:
- Use a single wound type at a time (e.g., DFU, VLU, PI-II).
- Keep the same outcome horizon for both arms (e.g., 12 weeks).
- If infection costs are uncertain, set infection rate to 0 in both arms and compare time-to-heal + weekly cost only.
Disclaimer
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