Open AccessComparison home care service versus hospital-based care in patients with diabetic foot ulcer: an economic evaluation study
Author(s) -
Jafary,
Mohammad Reza Amini,
Mahnaz Sanjari,
Maryam Aalaa,
Zahra Goudarzi,
Zhila Najafpour,
M R Mohajeri Tehrani
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.619
H-Index - 33
ISSN - 2251-6581
DOI - 10.1007/s40200-020-00527-y
Subject(s) - diabetic foot ulcer , medicine , diabetic foot , foot (prosody) , service (business) , physical therapy , nursing , intensive care medicine , diabetes mellitus , business , marketing , endocrinology , linguistics , philosophy
Providing health care to patients at home could be causing the mortality and readmission rates reduction in addition to satisfaction of both patients and health care providers increase. The aim of this study was to assess the cost-effectiveness of home care service compared to hospital based care in patients with diabetic foot ulcer.