Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5598476 | Annals of Vascular Surgery | 2016 | 23 Pages |
Abstract
Although more frequent among racial minorities, major lower-extremity amputation rates have declined similarly across black, Hispanic, and white patients over the last decade. Hemoglobin A1c testing, particularly the consistency of testing over time, may be an effective component metric of longitudinal quality measures toward limiting amputation in all races.
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Authors
Bjoern D. Suckow, Karina A. Newhall, Kimon Bekelis, Adrienne E. Faerber, Daniel J. Gottlieb, Jonathan S. Skinner, David H. Stone, Philip P. Goodney,