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Assess the cost of illness attributable to diabetic foot complications and evaluate the cost-effectiveness of implementing secondary prevention strategies.

June 1, 2015BMC Health Services ResearchOpen Access

The cost of illness attributable to diabetic foot and cost-effectiveness of secondary prevention in Peru

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MCMaría Kathia CárdenasUniversidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia AMAndrew J. MirelmanUniversidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia CGCooper J. GalvinStanford University

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Economic evaluation demonstrates standard care reduces mortality and generates net savings in diabetic foot disease, indicating the economic value of secondary prevention.

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Assess the cost of illness attributable to diabetic foot complications and evaluate the cost-effectiveness of implementing secondary prevention strategies.
Conducted an economic evaluation modeling healthcare costs and health outcomes over a one-year time horizon in Peru.
Assessed the economic and clinical impact of standard care compared to intensified prevention strategies, including skin temperature monitoring.
Standard care implementation generates net cost savings and reduces mortality over a one-year period.
Intensified secondary prevention strategies that incorporate foot temperature monitoring are potentially cost-effective options for preventing severe complications.

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Cárdenas et al. (2015) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69df33ccc51a1f47d47a0f47 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-015-1141-4

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Economic evaluation demonstrates standard care reduces mortality and generates net savings in diabetic foot disease, indicating the economic value of secondary prevention.

The cost of illness attributable to diabetic foot and cost-effectiveness of secondary prevention in Peru

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The cost of illness attributable to diabetic foot and cost-effectiveness of secondary prevention in Peru

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