Clinical characteristics and medical costs in patients with diabetic amputation and nondiabetic patients with nonacute amputation in central urban hospitals in china

International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 17-21

  Wang, Aihong ^a,b   Xu, Zhangrong ^b   Mu, Yiming ^a   Ji, Linong ^c  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b 306 HOSPITAL OF PLA   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

amputation; diabetic foot; medical cost; nonacute

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC PATIENT; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; AMPUTATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL COST; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; CHILD; CHINA; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898981900     PISSN: 15347346     EISSN: 15526941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534734614521235     Document Type: Article

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