The effect of risk and race on lower extremity amputations among Medicare diabetic patients

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1663-1668

  Goldberg, Joshua B ^a   Goodney, Philip P ^a,b   Cronenwett, Jack L ^a   Baker, Frank ^c  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEG AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK FACTOR;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870246888     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2012.05.100     Document Type: Article

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