Trends and racial disparity in primary pressure ulcer hospitalizations outcomes in the US from 2005 to 2014.

In the United States (US), pressure ulcers affect ≤3 million people and costs exceed 26.8 billion US dollars in spending. To examine trends in primary pressure ulcer (PPU) hospitalization mortality, length of hospital stay (LOS), and inflation-adjusted charges (IAC) in the US from 2005 to 2014 by race/ethnicity.