Geographic Variation in Amputations for Medicare Patients With Diabetic Lower-Extremity Wounds

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Examines the factors and geographic variations related to amputations for patients with diabetic lower-extremity (DLE) wounds. Examines 707,971 recorded DLE wounds in Medicare patients according to patient characteristics, area deprivation, rurality, specialty care availability, and more. Includes U.S. heat maps showing percentage of amputations, wound management program availability, and podiatrist supply treating DLE wounds according to hospital referral region (HRR).

Ioana Popescu, Helin Hernandez, Gabriela Plasencia, et al.

JAMA Network Open, 9(5), e2613616

05/2026

Diabetes · Specialty care · Statistics and data