Association of Race, Ethnicity, and Rurality With Major Leg Amputation or Death Among Medicare Beneficiaries Hospitalized With Diabetic Foot Ulcers.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Patients identifying as Black and those living in rural and disadvantaged neighborhoods are at increased risk of major (above-ankle) leg amputations owing to diabetic foot ulcers. Intersectionality emphasizes that the disparities faced by multiply marginalized people (eg, rural US individuals identifying as Black) are greater than the sum of each individual disparity.

Objective

To assess whether intersecting identities of Black race, ethnicity, rural residence, or living in a disadvantaged neighborhood are associated with increased risk in major leg amputation or death among Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized with diabetic foot ulcers.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study used 2013-2014 data from the US National Medicare Claims

SUBMITTER: Brennan MB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9024392 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature