A Cost Analysis of Rethink the Strip: De-implementing a Low-value Practice in Primary Care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Routine self-monitoring of blood glucose is a low-value practice that provides limited benefit for patients with non-insulin-treated type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Objectives

We estimated the costs of Rethink the Strip (RTS), a multistrategy approach to the de-implementation of self-monitoring of blood glucose in primary care.

Research design

RTS was conducted among 20 primary care clinics in North Carolina. We estimated the non-site-based and site-based costs of the 5 RTS strategies (practice facilitation, audit and feedback, provider champions, educational meetings, and educational materials) from the analytic perspective of an integrated health care system for 12 and 27-month time horizons. Material costs were tracked through project records, and personnel co

SUBMITTER: Spees LP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10478673 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature