Receipt of care and reduction of lower extremity amputations in a nationally representative sample of U.S. elderly

Health Services Research

Volumn 45, Issue 6 PART 1, 2010, Pages 1740-1762

  Sloan, Frank A ^a   Feinglos, Mark N ^b   Grossman, Daniel S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

amputation; Diabetes mellitus; mortality; podiatrist

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOOT ULCER; GANGRENE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LIMB AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NEUROPATHIC JOINT DISEASE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PARESTHESIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AMPUTATION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MEDICINE; PODIATRY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78449273516     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2010.01157.x     Document Type: Article

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