Trends and determinants of costs associated with the inpatient care of diabetic foot ulcers

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1247-1254.e2

  Hicks, Caitlin W ^a   Selvarajah, Shalini ^a   Mathioudakis, Nestoras ^a   Perler, Bruce A ^a   Freischlag, Julie A ^a   Black, James H ^a   Abularrage, Christopher J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CRITICAL LIMB ISCHEMIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG COST; FEMALE; FOOT AMPUTATION; GANGRENE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; ICD-9; INCOME; LENGTH OF STAY; LIMB SALVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; AMPUTATION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HOSPITAL COST; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; DIABETIC FOOT; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIMB SALVAGE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924747771     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2014.05.009     Document Type: Article

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