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<blockquote data-quote="tim2000s" data-source="post: 1253564" data-attributes="member: 30007"><p>Some interesting questions. I answered the ones about healthcare savings here: <a href="http://www.diabettech.com/cgm/the-cost-of-diabetic-emergency-care-is-it-really-so-expensive-gbdoc/" target="_blank">http://www.diabettech.com/cgm/the-cost-of-diabetic-emergency-care-is-it-really-so-expensive-gbdoc/</a></p><p></p><p>There was also an interesting presentation on the prevalence of funded CGM at EASD2016 last week. The US has the highest prevalence because the insurance companies can justify it. US costs are 10x the UKs for a hospital stay or A&E visit. That alone means that if costs in the UK were comparable to those in the US, it would be an easy call on the NHS.</p><p></p><p>In terms of prescription costs, in the UK CGM increases them, but then our over the counter costs for medication and some monitoring items are a lot lower than the US (in some cases a 10x multiple), again!</p><p></p><p>In terms of transparency, I think it makes a huge difference, and for some that will make a difference, for others not. Difficult to tell what the answer will be with that one.</p><p></p><p>The bottom line is that if you were to give a sensor augmented pump and consumables to all T1Ds in the UK, on current prices it would cost about £1.1bn a year. If you were to give just CGM, it would be about £550mn. If you were to reduce hypo hospitalisation and ambulance call outs to zero, you'd save about £55mn.</p><p></p><p>The question then becomes where should you take the money from to fund this? A question that has been asked multiple times by Partha Kar. </p><p></p><p>I'd like to see CGM on the NHS. I think it would be a great step forward, but I think we need to demand change to what the NHS funds as the first port of call!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tim2000s, post: 1253564, member: 30007"] Some interesting questions. I answered the ones about healthcare savings here: [URL]http://www.diabettech.com/cgm/the-cost-of-diabetic-emergency-care-is-it-really-so-expensive-gbdoc/[/URL] There was also an interesting presentation on the prevalence of funded CGM at EASD2016 last week. The US has the highest prevalence because the insurance companies can justify it. US costs are 10x the UKs for a hospital stay or A&E visit. That alone means that if costs in the UK were comparable to those in the US, it would be an easy call on the NHS. In terms of prescription costs, in the UK CGM increases them, but then our over the counter costs for medication and some monitoring items are a lot lower than the US (in some cases a 10x multiple), again! In terms of transparency, I think it makes a huge difference, and for some that will make a difference, for others not. Difficult to tell what the answer will be with that one. The bottom line is that if you were to give a sensor augmented pump and consumables to all T1Ds in the UK, on current prices it would cost about £1.1bn a year. If you were to give just CGM, it would be about £550mn. If you were to reduce hypo hospitalisation and ambulance call outs to zero, you'd save about £55mn. The question then becomes where should you take the money from to fund this? A question that has been asked multiple times by Partha Kar. I'd like to see CGM on the NHS. I think it would be a great step forward, but I think we need to demand change to what the NHS funds as the first port of call! [/QUOTE]
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