S tu d y p o p u la t io n
Data were analysed for every patient with a venous leg
ulcer (n=431) registered in RUT and healed during the
study period (1 May 2009—2 February 2013).Venous ulcers
constituted 35% of diagnoses among the 1216 fully healed
patients in the RUT. The data covered 40 different Swedish
units: 30 primary care units (75%), nine dermatology
departments, and one community unit.