Thursday, July 15, 2010

ADA: Diabetes Screening Cost Effective

Wrong. Only not getting Type 2 diabetes is cost-effective.

Having fatsos pay for their own screening and treatment are the next best things to being cost-effective.
Screening for type 2 diabetes in high-risk patient populations likely saves money even in the short term, researchers affirmed here.
For middle-age or older adults and for the obese, every screening method evaluated was projected to reduce costs to the healthcare system over a three year span even when factoring in medication costs and false negatives, found Ranee Chatterjee, MD, of Johns Hopkins, and colleagues.
Any other approach is only income effective for the deliverers of sick care.

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