COST OF SIDE EFFECTS OF LIFESTYLE INTERVENTION – (05-01-05)



The Cost-Effectiveness of Lifestyle Modification or Metformin in Preventing Type 2 Diabetes

Ouch.  Lifestyle intervention:  $1100.  Metformin:  $31,300.  These costs take into account the intervention as well as cost of side effects of the intervention.  Would seem kind of like a no brainer for the insurance companies, but they still do not pay well or consistently for lifestyle/therapeutic lifestyle changes (TLC).

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James Bogash

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