A Diabetic Emergency One Million Feet Long: Disparities and Burdens of Illness among Diabetic Foot Ulcer Cases within Emergency Departments in the United States, 2006–2010

To evaluate the magnitude and impact of diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) in emergency department (ED) settings from 2006-2010 in the United States (US). This cross-sectional study utilized Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) National Emergency...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 10; no. 8; p. e0134914
Main Authors:	Skrepnek, Grant H., Mills, Joseph L., Armstrong, David G.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 06.08.2015 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Adult Age Aged Aged, 80 and over Amputation Amputation - mortality Amputation - statistics & numerical data Analysis Binomial distribution Clinical outcomes Comorbidity Complications Cost of Illness Cross-Sectional Studies Demographic aspects Demographics Diabetes Diabetes mellitus Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - complications Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - economics Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - mortality Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - pathology Diabetic foot Diabetic Foot - complications Diabetic Foot - economics Diabetic Foot - mortality Diabetic Foot - pathology Diabetic neuropathy Economic factors Economics Emergencies Emergency medical services Emergency Service, Hospital - economics Emergency Service, Hospital - utilization Feet Female Foot diseases Generalized linear models Government programs Health aspects Health care Health Care Costs - statistics & numerical data Health care expenditures Healthcare Disparities - statistics & numerical data Hospitals Humans Income Ischemia Leg ulcers Length of Stay Male Medicaid Medicaid - economics Medicare - economics Medicine Middle Aged Mortality Multivariate Analysis Patients Primary care Public health Risk factors Rural areas Sepsis Sepsis - complications Sepsis - economics Sepsis - mortality Sepsis - pathology Social factors Socioeconomic Factors Socioeconomics Survival Analysis Systematic review Ulcers United States Urban areas Vascular surgery United States United States > US Oklahoma Arizona
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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