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Insulin pumps and the health of Type 1 Diabetes patients

Approximately 5 percent of the Swedish population is diagnosed with either type 1 or type 2 diabetes. A growing treatment method for type 1 patients is to supply the body with insulin using a pump. This thesis investigates if the use of pumps improves the health of the patients using two-way fixed effects regressions on quality register data on Swedish diabetes patients. I find statistically significant results indicating health benefits for type 1 diabetes patients, though smaller than previous studies. For future research, I suggest estimating quality of life changes from using an insulin pump in order for policymakers to make fully informed decisions on insulin treatment.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-507601
Date January 2023
CreatorsHellquist, Oskar
PublisherUppsala universitet, Nationalekonomiska institutionen
Source SetsDiVA Archive at Upsalla University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeStudent thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text
Formatapplication/pdf
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

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