Economic Impact of Managing Acute Diabetic Foot Infection in a Tertiary Hospital in Malaysia
Diabetic foot disease is the leading cause of non-traumatic amputations of the lower limb, hence a major health care and socioeconomic burden. It has been found that most of the costs occur in the inpatient setting; therefore this study is to quantify the costs of managing inpatient diabetic foot in...
Main Authors: | Lam AWC, Zaim MR, HH Helmy, IMA Ramdhan |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Malaysian Orthopaedic Association
2014-03-01
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Series: | Malaysian Orthopaedic Journal |
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Online Access: | http://www.morthoj.org/2014/v8n1/acute-diabetic-foot-infection.pdf |
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