Return on investment of the diabetes foot care clinical pathway implementation in Alberta, Canada.

Aims: Based on best practices, the diabetes foot care clinical pathway (DFCCP) has been developed and implemented in several clinics in Alberta, Canada. We performed a return on investment (ROI) analysis of this implementation.

Methods: We used a cohort design comparing both cost and return (in terms of reduced health services utilization, HSU) between diabetes patients who were exposed and who were unexposed, to the intervention.