Self-monitoring with blood glucose test strips inefficient use of health-care resources
Monday, December 21, 2009 - 13:21
in Health & Medicine
Routine self-monitoring of blood glucose levels by people with type 2 diabetes who are not taking insulin is an ineffective use of health resources as the modest benefits are outweighed by the significant cost of test strips, suggest 2 studies http://www.cmaj.ca/embargo/cmaj091017.pdf and