Insulin analogues dosing and costs - comparing real-life daily doses of insulin detemir and insulin glargine in type 2 diabetes patients

BMC Endocrine Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Jakobsen, Marie ^a   Dalsgaard, Mette ^a   Hørmann, Morten ^a   Møller, Daniél V ^b  

^a COWI A/S ^*  (Denmark)

^b NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dose; Health care costs; Insulin detemir; Insulin glargine; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN DETEMIR; INSULIN GLARGINE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DENMARK; DIABETIC PATIENT; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 84866556381     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6823-12-21     Document Type: Article

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