Flash glucose monitoring: The societal net cost of offering flash glucose monitors to people with type 2 diabetes on insulin treatment in Norway
Flash glucose monitoring: The societal net cost of offering flash glucose monitors to people with type 2 diabetes on insulin treatment in Norway
Original title: Flash glucose-måling: Totalkostnaden ved å tilby flash glukosemåling til personer med insulinkrevende diabetes type 2 i Norge
Flash glucose monitors are medical devices that help people with diabetes monitor their blood sugar. The devices offer people with diabetes an alternative to the conventional finger pricking method by which a person draws blood from their finger and measure their blood glucose level through a device using that drop of blood.
Academic research suggests that using a flash glucose monitor can reduce the risk of harmful and unpleasant complications from diabetes, such as hypoglycaemia and late-stage complications, leading to lower use of healthcare services and improved labour market participation for the users of flash glucose monitors. Due to these positive effects, the societal net costs of offering flash glucose monitors to patients are significantly lower than the purchasing cost of the monitors.
Main conclusions of our study
The net cost of offering flash glucose monitors to people with type 2 diabetes on insulin treatment in Norway is lower than the purchasing cost
If people with type 2 diabetes on basal- and bolus-insulin followed clinical guidelines for how often they should draw blood through the finger-pricking method, flash glucose monitors would be cheaper for public budgets – even without accounting for the societal benefits
Flash glucose monitors increase users’ quality of life
Flash glucose monitors are cost-efficient; the cost per QALY is far below the Norwegian threshold value
The study (available below in Norwegian) is commissioned by Abbott Norway.
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