Typ 2-diabetes lower costs of diabetes care with insulin glargine compared to insulin detemir in type 2 diabetes patients treated with a basal-bolus regimen
RA Bierwirth, T Kohlmann, KH Theobald, R Holle, W Landgraf · Diabetologie und Stoffwechsel · 2009 · Heft 05
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Objective: Basal insulin analogs are well-established drugs in the treatment of diabetes. Besides clinical aspects the economic impact of such drugs on health care systems is very important. We examined and compared resource utilization and costs of diabetes care in type 2 diabetic (T2D) patients treated in a basal-bolus regimen with either glargine (GLA) or detemir (DET) as basal insulin. Methods: LIVE-COM* was a non-interventional, cross-sectional, retrospective study performed between April and September 2008 in 148[d1] [Sh2] randomly selected centers of primary care physicians in Germany. The study enroled 1…