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Association of a Blood Glucose Test Strip Quantity-Limit Policy With Patient Outcomes: A Population-Based Study.

JAMA Intern Med

January 2017

Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada2The Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada3Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada4Department of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada7Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada10St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Importance: Given their high costs, payers have considered implementing quantity limits for reimbursement of blood glucose test strips. The effect of these limits on patient outcomes is unknown.

Objective: To determine whether the introduction of quantity limits for blood glucose test strips in August 2013 was associated with changes in clinical outcomes.

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