Geographic Variation of Lower-Extremity Major Amputation in Individuals with and Without Diabetes in the Medicare Population

Diabetes Care

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 860-864

  Wrobel, James S ^a,b,d   Mayfield, Jennifer A ^c   Reiber, Gayle E ^c  

^a Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office White River Junction   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d VA White River Junction   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MEDICARE; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MEDICARE; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035348591     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.24.5.860     Document Type: Article

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