The Burden of Diabetic Foot Ulcers on Hospital Admissions and Costs in Romania.

ABSTRACT: Background/Objectives: Diabetic foot ulcers represent an important economic burden for healthcare systems worldwide. We aimed to analyze the costs of care for diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) associated with peripheral neuropathy (DPN) and peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and their trends in a tertiary-care hospital. Methods: We used data from the electronic system of the Emergency Clinical County Hospital Cluj-Napoca, Romania. We included all episodes of hospitalization with a discharge date between 1 January 2015 and the 31 December 2018 and a discharge diagnosis of type 1 or type 2 diabetes, DPN, PAD, and foot ulcers. Results: During the analyzed period, 1094 episodes of hospitalization with type 1 or type 2 diabetes and DFUs were recorded. Of these, 25.9% had neuropath

SUBMITTER: Rusu A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11855980 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature