Does regional influence on the dispensing of glucose test strips in Dutch community pharmacies?
Community pharmacy is an independent determinant of the start of use of test strips. Differences in dispensing of test strips between pharmacies are dependent on geographical region. This suggests that implementing practice guidelines for diabetes care in community pharmacy requires different approaches in different regions.
Published level 1 and 2 clinical studies with a 10-year follow-up demonstrated that the net cost and cost-effectiveness of microfracture and OAT are comparable for the treatment of isolated articular cartilage lesions of the distal femur.