The Guyana Diabetes and Foot Care Project: a complex quality improvement intervention to decrease diabetes-related major lower extremity amputations and improve diabetes care in a lower-middle-income country

* Type 2 diabetes is the fourth leading cause of death and affects 15.5% of the adult population in Guyana, South America.

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Veröffentlicht in:	PLoS medicine 2015-04, Vol.12 (4), p.e1001814-e1001814
Hauptverfasser:	Lowe, Julia, Sibbald, R Gary, Taha, Nashwah Y, Lebovic, Gerald, Martin, Carlos, Bhoj, Indira, Kirton, Rolinda, Ostrow, Brian
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Amputation Blood pressure Care and treatment Chief executive officers Chronic illnesses Delivery of Health Care - standards Developing Countries Diabetes Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - complications Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - therapy Diabetes therapy Diabetic foot Diabetic Foot - surgery Diabetic Foot - therapy Foot - pathology Foot - surgery Foot diseases Guyana Health care policy Health facilities Health in Action Humans Intervention Low income groups Lower Extremity Methods NGOs Nongovernmental organizations Population Program Evaluation Quality Improvement Statistical analysis Studies Teaching hospitals Type 2 diabetes Ulcers
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Zusammenfassung:	* Type 2 diabetes is the fourth leading cause of death and affects 15.5% of the adult population in Guyana, South America.
ISSN:	1549-1676 1549-1277 1549-1676
DOI:	10.1371/journal.pmed.1001814