TY  - JOUR
  - Buckley CM, Ali F, Roberts G, Kearney PM, Perry IJ, Bradley CP
  - 2013
  - October
  - Bmj Open
  - Timing of access to secondary healthcare services for diabetes management and lower extremity amputation in people with diabetes: a protocol of a case-control study.
  - Validated
  - Altmetric: 2 ()
  - 3
  - 10
  - Lower extremity amputation (LEA) is a complication of diabetes and a marker of the quality of diabetes care. Clinical and sociodemographic determinants of LEA in people with diabetes are well known. However, the role of service-related factors has been less well explored. Early referral to secondary healthcare is assumed to prevent the occurrence of LEA. The objective of this study is to investigate a possible association between the timing of patient access to secondary healthcare services for diabetes management, as a key marker of service-related factors, and LEA in patients with diabetes.
  - 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003871
DA  - 2013/10
ER  - 

@article{V269571366,
   = {Buckley CM,  Ali F and  Roberts G,  Kearney PM and  Perry IJ,  Bradley CP },
   = {2013},
   = {October},
   = {Bmj Open},
   = {Timing of access to secondary healthcare services for diabetes management and lower extremity amputation in people with diabetes: a protocol of a case-control study.},
   = {Validated},
   = {Altmetric: 2 ()},
   = {3},
   = {10},
   = {{Lower extremity amputation (LEA) is a complication of diabetes and a marker of the quality of diabetes care. Clinical and sociodemographic determinants of LEA in people with diabetes are well known. However, the role of service-related factors has been less well explored. Early referral to secondary healthcare is assumed to prevent the occurrence of LEA. The objective of this study is to investigate a possible association between the timing of patient access to secondary healthcare services for diabetes management, as a key marker of service-related factors, and LEA in patients with diabetes.}},
   = {10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003871},
  source = {IRIS}
}