tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076190155284676524.post3733017131011046627..comments2024-03-18T17:54:37.827-04:00Comments on Your Diabetes May Vary: Of Automobiles and Insulin DeliveryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076190155284676524.post-40946535794326841562014-04-10T10:17:23.344-04:002014-04-10T10:17:23.344-04:00Thanks Erik.
Fair points, well made. Valuing R&am...Thanks Erik.<br /><br />Fair points, well made. Valuing R&D is a very good questions as is valuing quality of life. <br /><br />Valuing is the process of benefit for cost thinking and that is what I found missing from the NY Times piece.<br /><br />I think you are suggesting that lower cost would improve the benefit cost ratio. Agreed.<br /><br />I think the benefit of good diabetes care is the saving of significant costs of complications, such as end stage kidney failure, blindness, amputation etc. Those are dollar costs, quality of life costs and shortened life span costs.<br /><br />Diabetes care is about managing time in range, one can't just look at the tools and say those are expensive gadgets without looking at the significant lifetime benefits they facilitate. <br /><br />I think that is the kind of value you are alluding too. <br /><br />Bennethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17411395744352827620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076190155284676524.post-67184225152133543392014-04-09T23:06:15.795-04:002014-04-09T23:06:15.795-04:00I don't think Ms Rosenthal did such a bad job ...I don't think Ms Rosenthal did such a bad job actually. You say cost isn't the question, but that's exactly what her piece is about, and in a system where part of the costs are paid by insurance (ie other people), I think that's fair game. A lot of other interesting points are left unexplored in her article: how does one put a value on quality of life improvements, why does medical stuff cost so much, are there better ways of financing R&D etc. <br /><br />According to the some internet source the average new car cost about 1/3 of the average annual income, now it's about the same, so cars got more expensive too :-)Erikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09153198144474166547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076190155284676524.post-71851323505577862572014-04-09T13:00:06.460-04:002014-04-09T13:00:06.460-04:00Thanks for the well written response using analogi...Thanks for the well written response using analogies most people without Type 1 can relate to... I have had diabetes so long that blood meters, pumps, and sensors were not even on the drawing board yet (I was 6 and diagnosed in 1970). I went to the doctor once a month to have a fasting blood test where they took tubes of blood rather than a prick. I had to act as a chemist and test urine in a test tube with reagents. Consequently this was not the best care, but it was what was available. To equate the life sustaining technology with gadgetry is nothing more than ignorance showing its ugly face. Thanks to these newer, better, fine tuned technology, my quality of life has changed for the better and I am still here! Finally, quality of life is priceless.Lisa K.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076190155284676524.post-68598790928469474202014-04-09T10:48:27.458-04:002014-04-09T10:48:27.458-04:00Well said. I liked the photographs especially beca...Well said. I liked the photographs especially because they do point out the differences between old tech and new tech. Marie Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03103575171677162731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076190155284676524.post-46881938832987070972014-04-08T19:12:19.852-04:002014-04-08T19:12:19.852-04:00Probably the best, most reasoned reaction to this ...Probably the best, most reasoned reaction to this story I've read so far. Thank you.StephenShttp://happy-medium.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076190155284676524.post-81246733225022125432014-04-08T12:36:45.096-04:002014-04-08T12:36:45.096-04:00Thanks LaddieThanks LaddieBennethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17411395744352827620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076190155284676524.post-18684814292749786432014-04-08T12:22:08.881-04:002014-04-08T12:22:08.881-04:00Wonderful discussion of the topic, Bennet. Your c...Wonderful discussion of the topic, Bennet. Your car analogy really makes sense.Laddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02212090322026085867noreply@blogger.com