Direct costs and resource utilization in the 6 months after insulin initiation in German patients with type 2 diabetes: preliminary results from the INSTIGATE study

Objective: To assess the direct costs and describe the resource utilization associated with the first 6 months of insulin therapy in German patients with type 2 diabetes in a clinical practice setting. Methods: This is a non-interventional, prospective study with a retrospective data capture at baseline and visits thereafter within the normal course of therapy. Participants of this study (in Deutschland: n=256at baseline and n=233at 6 months) were adult patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes who have presented within the normal course of care at diabetologists and who initiated insulin therapy in 2006. The dire…