Hospitalization costs associated with diabetic foot ulcers treated by a multidisciplinary team in clinical practice. A retrospective study from southern Turkey.
CONCLUSION: The study revealed that the cost of DFU could show variability in relation to countries' level of development. We highlighted similar studies in other countries; the major factors of total expenses were length of hospitalisation, medication prescription and use of surgery.
KEY WORDS: Costs, Diabetic foot, Multidisciplinary team.
PMID: 32434962 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Annali Italiani di Chirurgia - Category: Surgery Tags: Ann Ital Chir Source Type: research
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