Self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) in patients with type 2 diabetes on oral anti-diabetes drugs: cost-effectiveness in France, Germany, Italy, and Spain
Self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) in patients with type 2 diabetes on oral anti-diabetes drugs: cost-effectiveness in France, Germany, Italy, and Spain
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DOI:
10.1185/03007990903429765
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发表时间:
2010-01-01
影响因子:
2.3
通讯作者:
Foos, Volker
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作者:
Tunis, Sandra L.;Willis, William D.;Foos, Volker
Objective: Stakeholders in Europe remain interested in assessments of country-specific value of self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) for patients with type 2 diabetes treated with oral anti-diabetes drugs (OADs). This study used the IMS-CORE Diabetes Model to project the long-term (40-year) cost-effectiveness of SMBG at once, twice, or three times per day (vs. no SMBG) for this population from national reimbursement system perspectives in France, Germany, Italy, and Spain.Methods: SMBG input costs (strips, lancets, meters, nurse training) were supplied by LifeScan in (sic)2007 values and applied as appropriate for each country's reimbursement policy. Cohort characteristics and assumed Hb(A1c) effects came from a US Kaiser Permanente longitudinal analysis of new SMBG users. Country-specific estimations for use of screening programs and several concomitant medications, as well as mortality rates were used. Country-specific complication costs from published sources were inflated to (sic)2007. Base case outcomes were discounted at 3% per annum for France, Germany, and Italy; 6% for Spain. Sensitivity analyses varied time horizon and discount rates for each country. They also included a -0.036 dis-utility for SMBG in year 1.Main outcome measures: Primary outcomes included total direct costs, gains in quality-adjusted life years (QALYs), and incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs) over 40 years.Results: ICERs were largest in France (with meter costs included), and in Italy (with highest reimbursed costs for strips/lancets). ICERs for SMBG once, twice, and three times per day were (sic)12114, (sic)6282, and (sic)7958 (respectively) in France; and (sic)12 694, (sic)11 934, and (sic)15 368 in Italy. ICERs for SMBG once or twice per day were