Review Article
Lower Extremity Amputation in People with Diabetes as a Marker of Quality of Diabetes Care
| Claire M. Buckley1, 2*, Karen Kearns3, Patricia M. Kearney2, Ivan J. Perry2 and Colin P. Bradley1 | ||
| 1Department of General Practice, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland | ||
| 2Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland | ||
| 3Economic and Social Research Institute, Whitaker Square, Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin 2, Ireland | ||
| Corresponding Author : | Dr Claire Buckley Department of General Practice Room 2.57, Western Gateway Building University College Cork, Ireland Tel: 00353 21 4901572 Fax: 00353 21 4205469 E-mail: Claire.buckley@ucc.ie |
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| Received June 05, 2014; Accepted June 19, 2014; Published June 25, 2014 | ||
| Citation:Buckley CM, Kearns K, Kearney PM, Perry I, Bradley CP (2014) Lower Extremity Amputation in People with Diabetes as a Marker of Quality of Diabetes Care . Clin Res Foot Ankle S3: 009. doi:10.4172/2329-910X.S3-009 | ||
| Copyright: © 2014 Buckley CM, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | ||
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Abstract
Diabetes is a common chronic disease, which can lead to a number of complications including lower extremity amputation (LEA). On-going management of diabetes requires the provision of good quality care. Assessing the quality of diabetes care is difficult. Measurement of quality has been described in terms of structures, processes and outcomes. This article focuses on the long-term clinical outcome of LEA, as an indicator of the quality of diabetes care.
