Response to comment on: Löndahl et al. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Facilitates Healing of Chronic Foot Ulcers in Patients With Diabetes. Diabetes Care 2010;33:998–1003 | Zendy

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Response to comment on: Löndahl et al. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Facilitates Healing of Chronic Foot Ulcers in Patients With Diabetes. Diabetes Care 2010;33:998–1003

Author(s) -

Magnus Löndahl,

Per Katzman,

Anders Nilsson,

Christer Hammarlund

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

diabetes care

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 6.636

H-Index - 363

eISSN - 1935-5548

pISSN - 0149-5992

DOI - 10.2337/dc11-0403

Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , hyperbaric oxygen , diabetic foot , foot (prosody) , hyperbaric oxygenation , intensive care medicine , surgery , endocrinology , linguistics , philosophy

There is increasing evidence for the use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) in selected patients with chronic diabetic foot ulcers (1). However, several issues still need to be answered, including health economics.In an editorial commenting on our study, Lipsky and Berendt (2) reported costs between $50,000 and $200,000 for a full course of HBOT treatment in the U.S. Van der Staal et al. (3) report significantly lower cost/reimbursement in the Netherlands at €6,916 for 40 HBOT sessions. Our Hyperbaric Centre in the southern part of Sweden is reimbursed €9,462 for 40 HBOT sessions, whereas at another Swedish center, …

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