Government Screening for Diabetes is Missing Targets

Mon, 26 Apr 2010
Recent research results in the Lancet show that governmental screening for diabetes is not targeting the right people.

The Government’s programme is targeting a population which is too old to receive the full benefit from screening.

The sophisticated computer modelling of multiple screening schemes in 325,000 non diabetics suggests the most cost effective way of screening for type 2 diabetes would be to target the 30-45 age group and repeat that screening every three to five years.

The study by American and British researchers discovered that screening people aged 30 every three years, and those aged 45 every 3-5 years, had a cost per quality-adjusted life-year of about £6,500.

‘Our analyses suggest screening for type 2 diabetes is cost-effective when started between the ages of 30 years and 45 years, with screening repeated every 3-5 years,’ the researchers said.

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