C Thornton
Biographic Data
| ID | 5467648 |
|---|---|
| NAME | C Thornton |
| GIVEN NAMES | C |
| FAMILY NAME | Thornton |
| SIGNATURE | THORNTON C |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Preventing diabetic foot disease
OBJECTIVES. Every year about 38,000 elderly people with diabetes have a lower extremity amputation. Therapeutic shoes are prescribed by clinicians specializing in foot care to prevent foot ulcerations and amputations among at-risk patients with diabetes. Medicare ran a 3-year demonstration of a therapeutic-shoe benefit for beneficiaries with diabetes. Medicare added the benefit nationwide in May 1993. METHODS. This paper describes the benefit and…
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Preventing diabetic foot disease
OBJECTIVES. Every year about 38,000 elderly people with diabetes have a lower extremity amputation. Therapeutic shoes are prescribed by clinicians specializing in foot care to prevent foot ulcerations and amputations among at-risk patients with diabetes. Medicare ran a 3-year demonstration of a therapeutic-shoe benefit for beneficiaries with diabetes. Medicare added the benefit nationwide in May 1993. METHODS. This paper describes the benefit and…
Amputation (1 work) · Beneficiary (1 work) · Diabetes Management and Education (1 work) · Diabetes mellitus (1 work) · Diabetic foot (1 work) · Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management (1 work) · Disease (1 work) · Family medicine (1 work) · Foot (prosody) (1 work) · Intensive care medicine (1 work)