Costs and duration of care for lower extremity ulcers in patients with diabetes

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 169-181

  Sedory Holzer, Susan E ^a   Camerota, Anthony ^b   Martens, Leon ^c   Cuerdon, Tim ^d   Crystal Peters, Jodi ^e   Zagari, Martin ^c  

^a American Academy of Otolaryngology   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNSON AND JOHNSON PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES   (United States)

^e MEDSTAT GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs; Diabetes; Diabetic foot ulcer; Health economics; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPUTATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MORBIDITY; OSTEOMYELITIS; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER HEALING;

EID: 15644370937     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-2918(98)80044-1     Document Type: Note

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