Economic Impact of a Dispensing Analog Insulin Strategy to Diabetic Patients

摘要

Objective： Assess the economic impact of the dispensing control strategy implementation on analogue insulin dosage indiabetic patients of the subsidized system of Antioquia. Methodology： A retrospective cohort study compares the units of analogueinsulin consumed with the expense per patient during the periods of December/l 4-May/15 versus December/15-May/16. Statisticaltreatment is applied to data obtained and the results are analyzed. Results： The expense per patient during the period ofDecember/15-May/16 was statistically less than the one during the same period on the year before （December/14-May/15）, having astate dispensing saving per patient of US$ 1.34 per month. And a saving per patient in the pharmaceutical care is approximatelyUS$ 2.82 per month. Conclusions： Cost savings in care of insulin-dependent diabetic population enrolled in the subsidized plan waspossible due to the development of cost/effective dispensing strategies that allowed access and safety of insulin therapy.