Objective-To decrease pre-hospital delay in patients with chest pain. Design-Population based, prospective observational study. Setting-A province of Switzerland with 380 000 inhabitants.

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Our study suggests that the activity and mobility items of the Norton scale are sufficient to express the risk of pressure ulcers in hospitalized patients. Confirmation of this finding in prospective studies is warranted.

Pressure ulcers were seen in every 10th hospitalized adult. Patient age and Norton score were the strongest risk factors for pressure ulcers. Use of preventive devices was suboptimal. Adjustment for case mix is essential if pressure ulcer incidence is to be used as an indicator of quality of care.

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