Press Release: Australian First Study finds Massive Diabetic Foot Disease Costs Quote: Australian first study finds massive diabetic foot disease costs New research shows preventable hospitalisation from diabetic foot disease is costing Australia hundreds of millions of dollars each year. Senior Research Fellow at the Queensland University of Technology and co-chair of Diabetic Foot Australia, Peter Lazzarini, said the importance of early prevention of diabetic foot disease was never more important than in this year?s National Diabetes Week (10-16 July). Mr Lazzarini led the Australian-first study published in BMJ Open finding one in every 22 patients in our hospitals have active diabetic foot disease
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Australian First Study finds Massive Diabetic Foot Disease Costs