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.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-507601 |
| Date | January 2023 |
| Creators | Hellquist, Oskar |
| Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Nationalekonomiska institutionen |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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