Premature and Incomplete Overview of Health Technology Assessments for Flash Glucose Monitoring Leads to Misleading Conclusions

摘要

Recently in the , Stueve and Schnell published the original article “Health Technology Assessments for Flash Glucose Monitoring and How to Use Them in Everyday Clinical Practice.” A review conducted in February 2018 had identified health technology assessments (HTAs) for a flash glucose monitoring system (FreeStyle Libre system, Abbott Diabetes Care). Eight HTAs were identified, four were considered full HTAs (Canary Islands, Norway, France, Catalunya), and the first two were used to conclude that comprehensive HTAs either recommended flash glucose monitoring for a selected subpopulation (Canary Islands) or found insufficient evidence for a recommendation (Norway).