Evaluación económica de un nuevo modelo de compra centralizada de apósitos: el caso del País Vasco

Abstract

Osakidetza-Basque Health Service and the Basque Health Department invested 7 million € in 2009 only in dressings for prevention and treatment of chronic wounds. Interdepartmental working among expert nurses at these products and the Supply Department to conduct a centralized purchase of dressing and products for moisture enviroment in wounds (DPMEW). The aim is to describe the new methodology followed in the last centralized purchase of DPMEW in the Basque Country, and also analyze the economic impact that this has had on expense.