Self-monitoring of blood glucose: Guideline application rather than utilization restrictions on testing strips has potential to reduce diabetes healthcare costs in Italy

Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 862-867

  Giaccari, Andrea ^a   Grassi, Giorgio ^b   Ozzello, Alessandro ^c  

^a FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^b Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism   (Italy)

^c Departmental Service of Diabetology and Metabolic Diseases   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF MONITORING; TEST STRIP;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REAGENT STRIPS;

EID: 84867066162     PISSN: 15209156     EISSN: 15578593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dia.2012.0116     Document Type: Article

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