Screening for Diabetes
Screening for diabetes is not considered cost effective for general population, due to its high cost and the need of involvement of trained healthcare personnel, which are generally in short supply. Checking blood sugar level for the entire population is not feasible and also not cost effective. Checking blood sugar level twice (either fasting and post prandial or approximately 2 hours after meal or 2 hours after 75 grams of glucose consumption) for every person in general population (or the entire population for screening) can not be done.
That is why screening is advisable (if ever done to detect diabetes) only for high risk population, which can be rewarding and is cost effective. Selecting “high risk” group for screening for diabetes is important, because if selected properly it can give rich dividends.Categories: General Health Tags:
