Regional and racial disparities in major amputation rates among medicare beneficiaries with diabetes: a retrospective study in the southeastern USA

• Main Authors: Min-Woong Sohn (Author), Anthony McCall (Author), Hyojung Kang (Author), Roger Anderson (Author), Rajesh Balkrishnan (Author), Timothy L McMurry (Author), Meghan B Brennan (Author), Jennifer Mason Lobo (Author), Soyoun Kim (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMJ Publishing Group, 2023-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective While rates for non-traumatic lower extremity amputations (LEA) have been declining, concerns exist over disparities. Our objectives are to track major LEA (MLEA) rates over time among Medicare beneficiaries residing in a high diabetes prevalence region in the southeastern USA (the diabete...