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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Practices could pick up many new cases of asymptomatic diabetes at minimal cost by opportunistically asking patients if they want a blood glucose test, conclude GP researchers.
The research ? conducted by GPs at one practice in Devon ? found two-thirds of patients picked up by opportunistic screening were asymptomatic, with a cost per case of under ?400.
The study ? published in Diabetes Medicine last month - raises questions about the large-scale diabetes prevention exercise recently recommended by NICE.
The institute recommended last month that GP practices systematically go through their lists and carry out a risk assessment in everyone aged 40 years or over without diabetes, and anyone aged 25 years or older in a high-risk group.
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/newsart...stic-gp-screening-for-diabetes-cost-effective
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The research ? conducted by GPs at one practice in Devon ? found two-thirds of patients picked up by opportunistic screening were asymptomatic, with a cost per case of under ?400.
The study ? published in Diabetes Medicine last month - raises questions about the large-scale diabetes prevention exercise recently recommended by NICE.
The institute recommended last month that GP practices systematically go through their lists and carry out a risk assessment in everyone aged 40 years or over without diabetes, and anyone aged 25 years or older in a high-risk group.
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/newsart...stic-gp-screening-for-diabetes-cost-effective
(free registration required)
