A multidisciplinary diabetic foot protocol at chiang mai university hospital: Cost and quality of life

International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 153-156

  Rerkasem, K ^a   Kosachunhanun, N ^a   Tongprasert, S ^a   Guntawongwan, K ^b  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

^b CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cost; Diabetes; Foot ulcer; Multidisciplinary team; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; FEMALE; FOOT ULCER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MENTAL HEALTH; ORTHOSIS; PATIENT CARE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHOE; SHORT FORM 36; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THAILAND; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY OF LIFE; THAILAND;

EID: 69449100054     PISSN: 15347346     EISSN: 15526941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534734609344143     Document Type: Article

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