Burden of diabetic foot ulcers for medicare and private insurers

Diabetes Care

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 651-658

  Rice, J Bradford ^a   Desai, Urvi ^a   Cummings, Alice Kate G ^a   Birnbaum, Howard G ^a   Skornicki, Michelle ^b   Parsons, Nathan B ^b  

^a ANALYSIS GROUP   (United States)

^b ORGANOGENESIS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; FOOT ULCER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPUTATION; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROPENSITY SCORE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPUTATION; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; INSURANCE CARRIERS; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIVATE SECTOR; PROPENSITY SCORE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896703586     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc13-2176     Document Type: Article

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