Economic burden of podiatric care for diabetic foot ulcers in the Czech Republic: A prospective multicenter study
On average, podiatric care for patients with DFUs in the Czech Republic is 3 to 9 times more expensive than standard diabetes healthcare. The expenses for hospitalized patients are almost 6 times higher than for outpatients. The composite WIfI score was the most significant indicator of podiatric financial burden.
Authors
- Jarmila Jirkovská
- Miroslav Koliba
- Věra Prýmková
- Alexandra Jirkovská (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3622-997X)
- Pavlína Piťhová
- Bedřich Sixta
- Vladimı́ra Fejfarová (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4486-5383)
- Hana Kůsová
- Milan Flekač (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9453-6882)
- Martina Košková
- Jan Mareš (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4727-3685)
- Johana Venerová
- Jan Stryja
Institutions
- OSRAM (United States) (US)
- Charles University (CZ)
- University Hospital Ostrava (CZ)
- University Hospital in Motol (CZ)
- University Hospital Plzen (CZ)
- Institute of Clinical and Experimental Medicine (CZ)
- Military University Hospital Prague (CZ)
- Třinecké Železárny (Czechia) (CZ)
- Thomayer University Hospital (CZ)
- Ophthalmology Clinic (DE)
- General University Hospital in Prague (CZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
- Published
- 2025-04-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2025.112141
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.59