Background:

the treatment of venous ulcers implies a well-founded choice of treatment that reduces venous hypertension, accelerates healing, due to its frequency of use and cost reduction, there are treatment alternatives on the market.

Objective:

To describe the cost relationship in the different treatments for the management of venous ulcers, reported in the scientific literature.

Methodology:

A 3-phase structured literature review study, the search was carried out according to the key words: venous ulcers, treatment of venous ulcers, treatment costs, health costs. Inclusion criteria: articles published between the years 2015-2020, in different languages English, Spanish and Portuguese.

Results:

39 articles were included for the description of costs, venous ulcers have a great economic impact for the health sector, in western countries the costs of these treatments represent 2% - 5% of the total health budget and currently there is a wide availability of invasive and non-invasive treatments with their respective economic impact.

Conclusion:

There are different approaches and devices worldwide for the treatment of venous ulcers and their application depends on availability; In the review, costs for invasive and non-invasive treatments were found, which vary from the investment of each country.

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