Table 1.
Characteristics of the survey’s respondents
| State | ||
|---|---|---|
| Australian Capital Territory | 2/52 (3.8%) | |
| New South Wales | 22/52 (42.3%) | |
| Northern Territory | 0/52 (0%) | |
| Queensland | 7/52 (13.5%) | |
| South Australia | 1/52 (1.9%) | |
| Tasmania | 2/52 (3.9%) | |
| Victoria | 12/52 (23.1%) | |
| Western Australia | 6/52 (11.5%) | |
| Primary location of practice | Tertiary metropolitan hospital | 35/51 (68.6%) |
| Secondary metropolitan hospital | 3/51 (5.9%) | |
| Regional/rural hospital | 8/51 (15.7%) | |
| Private metropolitan hospital | 4/51 (7.8%) | |
| Private regional/rural hospital | 1/51 (2.0%) | |
| Annual DFD inpatient caseload | < 20 | 0/51 (0%) |
| 21–50 | 7/51 (13.7%) | |
| 51–100 | 11/51 (21.6%) | |
| > 100 | 33/51 (64.7%) | |
| Annual DFD outpatient caseload | < 20 | 1/50 (2.0%) |
| 21–50 | 7/50 (14.0%) | |
| 51–100 | 4/50 (8.0%) | |
| > 100 | 38/50 (76.0%) | |
DFD Diabetes-related foot disease