The economic value of specialized lower-extremity medical care by podiatric physicians in the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers

Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 93-115

  Carls, Ginger S ^a   Gibson, Teresa B ^a   Driver, Vickie R ^b   Wrobel, James S ^c   Garoufalis, Matthew G ^d   DeFrancis, Roy R ^e   Wang, Shaohung ^a   Bagalman, J Erin ^a   Christina, James R ^d  

^a Thomson Reuters   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^d American Podiatric Medical Association   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIABETIC FOOT; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; PODIATRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; PODIATRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960861998     PISSN: 87507315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7547/1010093     Document Type: Article

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