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  • Many governments and insurers are reducing the cost of medical devices by enforcing a single brand of glucose meters, leading to patient reactions one year after the implementation of this change.
  • In a study, participants from two locations provided feedback on their satisfaction with the new glucose meters, with a high response rate in one area (85%) but a lower rate in another (31%).
  • Results showed that while most patients adapted to the new meters, 36% were still dissatisfied, primarily citing issues with accuracy, suggesting that allowing greater choice in meter brands could lead to better satisfaction.

Article Abstract

Background: Many governments and insurers are driving down the cost of medical devices, including glucose meters, by the central management of purchasing decisions. We report patients' responses to an "enforced" change in brand of glucose meter, one year after the introduction of a national sole supplier arrangement for funded glucose meters and strips.

Method: Specialist diabetes clinic attendees from two geographical locations completed a questionnaire one year after the final meter changeover date. In the first location, consecutive patients were asked to complete a glucose meter satisfaction questionnaire during their clinic visit. In the second location, this questionnaire was mailed to clinic attendees. Responses to open questions were analyzed thematically.

Results: Response rates were 85% and 31% from the first and second locations, respectively and 378 questionnaires were suitable for analysis, 309 from the first and 69 from the second location. Insulin users composed 90% of participants. Results from the two locations were broadly similar. Most participants adapted well to the changeover, however 36% reported ongoing dissatisfaction with their "new" meter. The commonest concern, expressed by 23% of participants, related to meter accuracy and precision.

Conclusions: One year after glucose meter changeover, a third of participants expressed dissatisfaction with their meter, with many participants describing a failure to adapt to the sole supplier arrangement. Providing a choice of meters and strips, ideally from two or more brands that have demonstrable differences in technical and ergonomic features, is likely to produce higher overall patient satisfaction than is a sole supplier arrangement.

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