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Decreasing rates of major lower-extremity amputation in people with diabetes but not in those without: a nationwide study in Belgium.
Data for 2009-2013 were provided by the Belgian national health insurance funds, covering more than 99% of the Belgian population (about 11 million people). We estimated the age-sex standardised annual ...
Declining offloading rates in Belgian Recognized Diabetic Foot Clinics (RDFC): results from an audit-feedback quality improvement initiative.
other off-loading techniques (30.4 and 19.9%, P=0.02), but not knee-high off-loading (7.0 and 8.1%). Conclusion: Periodical audits in Belgian Recognized Diabetic Foot Clinics have shown a decline in ...
Low prevalence of previous lower limb revascularisation in patients with diabetes and acute Charcot foot: results from a case-control study.
ulcers (DFU) (Charcot group, N=50) were retrospectively identified in a database used for quality of care monitoring in 36 Belgian specialized diabetic foot clinics in the period 2005-2011. [1] Patients ...
Negative determinants of diabetic foot ulcer healing: 6-month follow-up of a large multicentre cohort
periodical audits and feedback (anonymous benchmarking). [1] Methods: In 2011, 32 Belgian DFC s followed 1528 patients with a DFU of Wagner grade 2 or more for six months or until healing, major amputation or ...
Implementation of a quality improvement initiative in Belgian diabetic foot clinics: feasibility and initial results.
Surveys and Questionnaires Abstract: BACKGROUND: This article aims to describe the implementation and initial results of an audit-feedback quality improvement initiative in Belgian diabetic foot clinics. ...
What determines inclusion in the early phase of the type 2 diabetes care trajectory in Belgium?
Public Health, Volume 72, Issue 1, p.29 (2014) Abstract: BACKGROUND: In 2009, the Belgian National Institute of Health and Disability Insurance established a care trajectory (CT) for a subgroup of type ...