Urban-rural disparity in lower extremities amputation in patients with diabetes after nearly two decades of universal health Insurance in Taiwan

• Main Authors: Chung-Hao Li (Author), Chia-Chun Li (Author), Chin-Li Lu (Author), Jin-Shang Wu (Author), Li-Jung Elizabeth Ku (Author), Chung-Yi Li (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background To assess the prevalence of urban-rural disparity in lower extremities amputation (LEA) among patients with diabetes and to explore whether patient-related or physician-related factors might have contributed to such disparity. Methods This was a population-based study including p...