Geographic Variation of the Incidence Rate of Lower Limb Amputation in Australia from 2007-12.

ABSTRACT: In Australia, little is known about how the incidence rate (IR) of lower limb amputation (LLA) varies across the country. While studies in other economically developed countries have shown considerable geographic variation in the IR-LLA, mostly these have not considered whether the effect of common risk factors are the same across regions. Mapping variation of the IR-LLA, and the effect of common risk factors, is an important first step to focus research into areas of greatest need and support the development of regional specific hypotheses for in-depth examination. The aim of this study was to describe the geographic variation in the IR-LLA across Australia and understand whether the effect of common risk factors was the same across regions. Using hospital episode data from the Australian

SUBMITTER: Dillon MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5261737 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature