Impact of health-care accessibility and social deprivation on diabetes related foot disease

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 484-490

  Leese, Graham P ^a   Feng, Z ^b   Leese, R M ^c   Dibben, C ^b   Emslie Smith, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ADULT; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT ULCER; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINA; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED KINGDOM; DEMOGRAPHY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HOSPITALIZATION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PODIATRY; STATISTICS; TIME TO TREATMENT;

AMPUTATION; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC FOOT; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PODIATRY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCOTLAND; TIME-TO-TREATMENT;

EID: 84883531684     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dme.12108     Document Type: Article

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