Resource utilisation and costs associated with the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers. Prospective data from the Eurodiale Study

Diabetologia

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1826-1834

  Prompers, L ^a   Huijberts, M ^a   Schaper, N ^a   Apelqvist, J ^b   Bakker, K ^c   Edmonds, M ^d   Holstein, P ^e   Jude, E ^f   Jirkovska, A ^g   Mauricio, D ^h   Piaggesi, A ⁱ   Reike, H ^j   Spraul, M ^k   Acker, K Van ^l   Baal, S Van ^m   Merode, F Van ⁿ   Uccioli, L ^o   Urbancic, V ^p   Tennvall, G Ragnarson ^q  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot   (Netherlands)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f TAMESIDE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

^h HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

^j Mariannen Hospital   (Germany)

^k Mathias Spital   (Germany)

^l St Joseph Clinic   (Belgium)

^m TWENTEBORG HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

ⁿ MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^o TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^p UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^q SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

Costs; Diabetes; European; Foot ulcer; Multicentre; Prospective; Resource utilisation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIABETIC FOOT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DIABETIC FOOT; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 51249095393     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-008-1089-6     Document Type: Article

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