Open AccessThe Economic Impact of Hospitalization for Diabetic Foot Infections in a Caribbean Nation
Author(s) -
Shamir O Cawich,
Shariful Islam,
Seetharaman Hariharan,
Patrick Harnarayan,
Steve Budhooram,
Shivaa Ramsewak,
Vijay Naraynsingh
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the permanente journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.445
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1552-5775
pISSN - 1552-5767
DOI - 10.7812/tpp/13-096
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetic foot , foot (prosody) , diabetes mellitus , population , complication , emergency medicine , pediatrics , surgery , environmental health , philosophy , linguistics , endocrinology
Foot infection is the most common complication of diabetes mellitus in the Caribbean. Diabetic foot infections place a heavy burden on health care resources in the Caribbean.
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