Amputation Rates for Patients with Diabetes and Peripheral Arterial Disease: The Effects of Race and Region

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue , 2016, Pages 292-298.e1

  Newhall, Karina ^a,b   Spangler, Emily ^a   Dzebisashvili, Nino ^a   Goodman, David C ^a,c,d   Goodney, Philip ^a,b,c  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^d DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; BLACK PERSON; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FOOT AMPUTATION; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MEDICARE; OPEN REVASCULARIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMPUTATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; FEMALE; MALE; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84952360772     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: 16155947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2015.07.040     Document Type: Article

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