Also worth noting that it is ENTIRELY UNCONTROVERSIAL to say that spending ~$4,000 a year per person on an integrated diet/exercise/medical program is extremely effective at controlling diabetes Virta did nothing that others have not already done without low-carb dietshttps://twitter.com/EAllen0417/status/1011706268874989568 …
To the health system. To be fair, the "much cheaper" comment comes from the manager of the obesity service where I work, I haven't seen the costs of the DIRECT trial compared directly with the $4,000USD a year cost of Virta
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Ok gid, that’s not “being fair”, that’s “throwing your boss under a bus while perpetuating a statement that may or may not be true”. If you do come across a comparative cost analysis please post bc “cost” is oft a forgotten layer of decision making
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Brief calculation: 1-year supply of VLED diet replacement (bulk buy): $2,000AUD Cost per patient, dietitian support: $500AUD Total cost: ~$2,500AUD Cost per patient of Virta: $5,500AUD
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...I’ll translate to practice: It’s not for “us” to decide where and how people spend their money - it’s up to us to know about all options available, and put these to our patients to decide. For example....
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