Equity in diabetes care: A focus on lower limb amputation
September 26, 2024 — Diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases among adults in Canada and numbers are rising. Lower limb amputations associated with diabetes are used as a measure of quality and access related to diabetes care, with higher rates suggesting unmet care needs. Evidence of inequalities indicates that amputations disproportionately affect some populations in Canada.
Approach and key findings
Read a summary of our analysis of lower limb amputations associated with diabetes from an equity perspective.
Lower limb amputation
Find out how preventable lower limb amputations signal an opportunity to improve diabetes care and reduce health system costs.
Inequalities
Learn how equity-deserving populations, including those living in lower-income and rural/remote areas, are disproportionately affected by lower limb amputations.
Advancing equity
Learn about opportunities to reduce the risk of diabetes and its complications by examining barriers along the continuum from healthy individual to person requiring an amputation.
Variation across Canada
Find out how diabetes-associated lower limb amputations affect health systems across the provinces and territories in Canada.
Acknowledgements
ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨wishes to acknowledge and thank the individuals and organizations listed below for their contributions to the report Equity in diabetes care: A focus on lower limb amputation. Please note that the analyses and conclusions in this report do not necessarily reflect those of the individuals or organizations mentioned below.
We would also like to acknowledge (in memory) Matt Anderson’s strong advocacy for and dedication to improving diabetes foot care in Canada. We are grateful to Matt’s family for their continued support to share his story of living with diabetic foot ulcers and navigating the health system. Matt’s story is part of the Our Voices, Our Stories initiative, led by Dr. Idevania Costa, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Lakehead University, and funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council in partnership with Lakehead University and Wounds Canada.
- Zaina Albalawi, Memorial University of Newfoundland
- Irmajean Bajnok, Wounds Canada
- Mariam Botros, Wounds Canada
- Charles de Mestral, Unity ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨ Toronto and Diabetes Action Canada
- Louise McRae, Public ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨ Agency of Canada
- Cynthia Robitaille, Public ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨ Agency of Canada
- Baiju Shah, Sunnybrook ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨ Sciences Centre and University of Toronto
Related resources
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Canadian Institute for ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨ Information. Equity in diabetes care: A focus on lower limb amputation. Accessed December 20, 2024.
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