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Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
The Canadian Diabetes Association released a new report today that shows a provincial government investment into a publicly funded insulin pump program could improve health outcomes for Prince Edward Islanders with diabetes and save the province up to $470,000 by 2032.
"People living with type 1 diabetes are at a high risk of developing serious long-term complications, such as kidney failure, heart attack, and limb amputation," said Regional Director, Canadian Diabetes Association, Lisa Matte. "The Economic Benefit of Public Funding for Insulin Pumps in Prince Edward Island report shows that switching from daily insulin injections to an insulin pump can reduce complications and increase the quality of life for people living with type 1 diabetes while, at the same time, save PEI's healthcare system almost half a million dollars over the next 20 years."
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/108...gs-to-prince-edward-island-health-care-system
"People living with type 1 diabetes are at a high risk of developing serious long-term complications, such as kidney failure, heart attack, and limb amputation," said Regional Director, Canadian Diabetes Association, Lisa Matte. "The Economic Benefit of Public Funding for Insulin Pumps in Prince Edward Island report shows that switching from daily insulin injections to an insulin pump can reduce complications and increase the quality of life for people living with type 1 diabetes while, at the same time, save PEI's healthcare system almost half a million dollars over the next 20 years."
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/108...gs-to-prince-edward-island-health-care-system