Home care organisation by country
These resources provide an overview of how home-based wound care is organised across different European healthcare systems. They describe care pathways, roles and responsibilities of healthcare professionals, levels of interdisciplinary collaboration, and links between primary, specialist and hospital care. The materials also highlight differences in funding models, access to supplies, use of guidelines, and the growing role of digital tools and telemedicine. Together, they illustrate how organisational structures influence quality, continuity and patient-centred wound care delivered in the home setting.
Access home-based wound care of specific countries here:
You can also download summary table including all these countries here.
Additional countries will be added regularly to maintain an updated and relevent resource on organisation of wound care in the home care setting.
Wound prevalence
In the downloads section, you can also find an infographic presenting up-to-date figures on wound prevalence and related costs in Europe. The infographic includes figues on chronic /non healing wounds in general, as well as specific date for diabetic foot ulcers, venous leg ulcers and pressure ulcers/injuries.
Dimitri Beeckman, RN, PhD, FEANS, FAAN, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, ?rebro University, ?rebro, Sweden and Skin Integrity Research Group (SKINT), University Centre for Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Georgina Gethin, PhD, RGN, MSc Clinical Research, PG Dip Wound Healing, Dip Anatomy, Dip Applied Physiology, Emeritus Professor School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland
