Quebec Statistics
More than 160,500 Quebecois suffer from a preventable pressure ulcer every year.
Wound management & prevention should be a priority in Quebec!
Preventable wounds in Quebec
There are costly wounds that may be prevented, including:
• Pressure ulcers
• Diabetes foot ulcers
• Venous leg ulcers
More than 25% of people in Quebec’s healthcare system develop unnecessary pressure ulcers annually.
• 25% are in acute care settings
• 30% are in non-acute care settings
The best available evidence shows us that 70% of these painful & costly pressure ulcers are preventable.
But there is good news however!
Research from the Canadian Association of Wound Care’s pressure ulcer prevention program shows that the introduction of a pressure ulcer prevention program will save $93,000 in one year in one long term care facility!
• It costs $9,000 to provide effective wound management for one person who develops a preventable prevention ulcer.
Overall, more than $2.7 million dollars may be saved in one year by adopting a pressure ulcer prevention program in Quebec’s long term care facilities.
• Significant savings from reducing wound management costs could be reallocated to improve the health of patients!
The Canadian Association of Wound Care has developed an innovative and unique program to prevent pressure ulcers. We work with health professionals and their institutions to:
• reduce patient suffering;
• alleviate clinician workload;
• lower the costs of wound management, and
• support systems change.