Location, Location, Location: Geographic Clustering of Lower-Extremity Amputation Among Medicare Beneficiaries With Diabetes

OBJECTIVE: Lower-extremity amputation (LEA) is common among persons with diabetes. The goal of this study was to identify geographic variation and the influence of location on the incidence of LEA among U.S. Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: We conducted a cohort stu...

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Autores principales: Margolis, David J., Hoffstad, Ole, Nafash, Jeffrey, Leonard, Charles E., Freeman, Cristin P., Hennessy, Sean, Wiebe, Douglas J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Diabetes Association 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3198303/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21933906
http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/dc11-0807

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3198303/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21933906
http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/dc11-0807

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