“Two recent studies evaluated care by podiatrists for patients with diabetes. These studies demonstrated that compared to other health-care professionals, podiatrists are best equipped to treat lower extremity complications from diabetes, prevent amputations, reduce hospitalizations, and provide savings to our health-care delivery systems.
Providing access to podiatrists is an important component in ensuring quality of care. The growing epidemics of diabetes and obesity and their concurrent complications, along with the aging of the population, are among the many reasons podiatrists are necessary and important members of the physician community and demand for their services is increasing.”
Diabetes is one of the top leading causes of death in New Jersey. To learn more about the prevalence of and cost of diabetes in New Jersey, click here.
To learn more about how access to and care by a podiatrist can lead to savings and prevent complications from diabetes, click here. Find out more about diabetic foot care from Foot & Ankle Care Associates.
Article by, American Podiatric Medical Association, Inc.
