Table 23:

Model Variable Distributions

Variable	Distribution	Reference
Annual cost of diabetes care	Gamma	Rosella et al61
Cost of major lower leg amputation	Gamma	Administrative dataa
Cost of minor lower leg amputation	Gamma	Administrative dataa
Annual cost following lower leg amputation	Gamma	Administrative dataa
Diabetes mortality ratio	Normal	Lind et al54
Diabetic foot ulcer mortality ratio	Normal	Brownrigg et al56
Probability of ulcer healing in first year	Beta	Londahl et al32
Probability of major amputation	Beta	Londahl et al,32 Hopkins et al51
Probability of minor amputation	Beta	Longdahl et al,32 Hopkins et al51

^aData provided by IntelliHealth Ontario.