Lower extremity amputation rates in people with diabetes as an indicator of health systems performance. A critical appraisal of the data collection 2000–2011 by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

Acta Diabetologica

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 825-832

  Carinci, F ^a   Massi Benedetti, M ^b   Klazinga, N S ^c,d   Uccioli, L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b Hub for International Health Research   (Italy)

^c OECD   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Health care quality indicators; Health systems performance; International comparisons; Lower extremity amputation; OECD

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BELGIUM; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DIABETES MELLITUS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FINLAND; FRANCE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; ICD-10; ICD-9-CM; ICELAND; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRELAND; ISRAEL; ITALY; KOREA; LEG AMPUTATION; LUXEMBOURG; MEXICO; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; NORWAY; ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; POLAND; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOVENIA; SPAIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; TAX; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; AMPUTATION; DIABETIC FOOT; ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AMPUTATION; DATA COLLECTION; DIABETIC FOOT; HUMANS; ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84979266928     PISSN: 09405429     EISSN: 14325233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00592-016-0879-4     Document Type: Article

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