Burden of Diabetic Foot Ulcers for Medicare and Private Insurers

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J. Bradford Rice · Analysis Group (United States)

Urvi Desai · Analysis Group (United States)

Alice Kate G. Cummings · Analysis Group (United States)

Howard G. Birnbaum · Analysis Group (United States)

Michelle Skornicki · Organogenesis (United States)

Nathan B. Parsons · Organogenesis (United States)

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These findings document that DFU imposes substantial burden on public and private payers, ranging from $9-13 billion in addition to the costs associated with diabetes itself.

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Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management Wound Healing and Treatments Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Management

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Published in: Diabetes Care

Volume 37, Issue 3, pp. 651-658

DOI: 10.2337/dc13-2176

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Burden of Diabetic Foot Ulcers for Medicare and Private Insurers

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