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Incidence of diabetic foot ulcer and lower extremity amputation among Medicare beneficiaries, 2006 to 2008

David J Margolis  1   2 , D Scot Malay  1   3 , Ole J Hoffstad  1 , Charles E Leonard  1 , Thomas MaCurdy  4 , Karla López de Nava  4 , Yang Tan  4 , Teresa Molina  4 , Karen L Siegel  5
In: Data Points Publication Series [Internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2011. Data Points #2.
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Incidence of diabetic foot ulcer and lower extremity amputation among Medicare beneficiaries, 2006 to 2008

David J Margolis et al.
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In Medicare Parts A and B fee-for-service beneficiaries with diabetes, the incidence of diabetic foot ulcer is about 6.0% and lower extremity amputation about 0.5%.

Among Medicare Parts A and B fee-for-service beneficiaries with diabetes and foot ulcer, the prevalence of microvascular and macrovascular complications is about 46% and 65%, respectively. Further, among those with a lower extremity amputation, the prevalence of microvascular and macrovascular complications is about 46% and 76%, respectively.

The annual mortality rate for Medicare Parts A and B fee-for-service beneficiaries with diabetes who have an incident diabetic foot ulcer is about 11%; for those with an incident lower extremity amputation, about 22%.

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