Elevated costs and high one-year mortality in patients with diabetic foot ulcers after surgery

Danish Medical Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1-4

  Søndergaard, Lise Nørregaard ^a   Christensen, Anette Bundgaard ^b   Vinding, Anker Lund ^c   Kjær, Inge Lunding ^a   Larsen, Peter ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Patient Dialogue and Quality   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETIC FOOT; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; FEMALE; FEMUR; HEALTH CARE COST; HIP; HUMAN; KNEE AMPUTATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METATARSAL BONE; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 84961341498     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22451919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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