Equity in Diabetes Care: A Focus on Lower Limb Amputation – Methodology Notes

Table of Contents

• Table of contents 3
• Introduction 4
• Diabetes-associated lower limb complications 4
• Descriptive characteristics 5
• Cost analysis 6
• Calculation 6
• Limitations 7
• Data sources and methodologies 7
• Calculating crude and age-standardized rates 7
• Main analysis — general population denominator 7
• Sub-analysis — diabetes population denominator 8
• Equity stratification 9
• Rate ratios and rate differences 9
• Equity stratifier definitions 9
• Health human resources 12
• Data sources 12
• Data limitations 12
• Patient experience in hospital 12
• Primary care 13
• Appendix 14
• References 17