articleDiabetic MedicineApr 20, 2019Closed access

The cost of diabetic foot ulcers and amputations to the National Health Service in England

Insight Healthcare · Public Health England · +6 more institutions

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Abstract

Aim

To estimate the healthcare costs of diabetic foot disease in England.

Methods

Patient-level data sets at a national and local level, and evidence from clinical studies, were used to estimate the annual cost of health care for foot ulceration and amputation in people with diabetes in England in 2014-2015.

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449
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Authors

10

Topics & keywords

Keywords
  • Medicine
  • Diabetic foot
  • Foot (prosody)
  • Amputation
  • Diabetes mellitus
  • Diabetic foot ulcer
  • Health care
  • Confidence interval
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