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| Latinos' Amputations Increase, Higher Than Blacks, Whites |
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| Friday, 28 March 2008 | |
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Kaiser Network The rate of hospitalizations among Hispanics for diabetes-related leg and foot amputations increased between 2001 and 2004, while rates declined slightly for blacks and remained steady for whites, the Schenectady Daily Gazette reports (Schenectady Daily Gazette, 3/24). The findings -- from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's News and Numbers -- are based on the group's 2007 National Healthcare Disparities Report. READ MORE: http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=51229               |
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