T2 Testing - "Very good value"

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Peter C - 14 Mar 2008 18:28 GMT

A new study tested once a day testing against 3 times a day and concludes
...

"The ICER for SMBG 3 times per day was $518 per QALY over a 10-year time
horizon, indicating very good value."
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18333705?ordinalpos=8&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEn
trez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum

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Robert Miles - 14 Mar 2008 19:05 GMT

> A new study tested once a day testing against 3 times a day and concludes
> ...
>
> "The ICER for SMBG 3 times per day was $518 per QALY over a 10-year time
> horizon, indicating very good value."
> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18333705?ordinalpos=8&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEn
trez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum

So they haven't tried comparing testing 3 times a day against testing 8
times
a day and actually doing something about the results yet?

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Jonathan Ellis - 14 Mar 2008 22:00 GMT

>> A new study tested once a day testing against 3 times a day and concludes
>> ...
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> times
> a day and actually doing something about the results yet?

Well. Even 3 times a day is better than testing 1 time every 3 days, which
is what my latest GP wants and I'm refusing to accept... I am just *not*
happy testing less than at least twice a day, and would rather have more,
but he won't prescribe for it.

Jonathan.

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