Post by kickingfrog on Apr 7, 2016 8:22:46 GMT
BDA on cost of prescription GF foods
Posted by Lily P on 6/4/2016
From message board { members2.boardhost.com/glutenfree/ }
....Removal of GF foods from prescription would reduce the nutritional adequacy of the diets of
many people with coeliac disease (Kinsey 2008)...Long term complications, and their
attendant healthcare costs, would increase.
Current identified risks of non-compliance
include: infertility, anaemia (iron deficiency anaemia and megalobastic anaemia) and other
nutritional deficiencies (calcium, fibre, folate deficiencies), osteoporosis, osteopenia,
increased risk of fractures, and malignancy (cancer of the gastrointestinal tract).
In children long term complications include shorter stature and delayed puberty....
....The cost of gluten‐free products can be a cause of incomplete dietary compliance and
research has found limited availability of gluten‐free products across different retail outlets
(Singh J and Whelan K, 2011, Burden et al 2015)
...
... GF foods on prescription provide a key
support for people on low income, those on welfare benefits and the elderly on pensions.
In 2014, £26.8M was spent on prescribed GF products by the NHS.
This equates to an annual cost of £180 (i.e. £3.46 per week) per diagnosed patient making it one of the cheapest treatments for a long term condition in the NHS (Coeliac UK, 2015 – letter to Daily Mail)..
. ...When considering the costs of prescribing GF foods it is important to be mindful of the cost of the long term health consequences of poor compliance.
Complications, such as those listed below, will affect the frequency of visits to GPs and even secondary and tertiary health care facilities - with associated financial implications for the NHS.
When calculating the consequences of non-adherence to a GF diet the following must be considered:
The increased risk of and the cost of treating:
* Depression
* Infertility
* Anaemia – iron deficiency and megaloblastic anaemias
* Osteoporosis
* Osteopenia
* Fracture
* Cancer – lymphoproliferative and gastrointestinal
....
www.bda.uk.com/improvinghealth/healthprofessionals/policy_statement_gluten_free_food_on_prescription[/i]
Posted by Lily P on 6/4/2016
From message board { members2.boardhost.com/glutenfree/ }
....Removal of GF foods from prescription would reduce the nutritional adequacy of the diets of
many people with coeliac disease (Kinsey 2008)...Long term complications, and their
attendant healthcare costs, would increase.
Current identified risks of non-compliance
include: infertility, anaemia (iron deficiency anaemia and megalobastic anaemia) and other
nutritional deficiencies (calcium, fibre, folate deficiencies), osteoporosis, osteopenia,
increased risk of fractures, and malignancy (cancer of the gastrointestinal tract).
In children long term complications include shorter stature and delayed puberty....
....The cost of gluten‐free products can be a cause of incomplete dietary compliance and
research has found limited availability of gluten‐free products across different retail outlets
(Singh J and Whelan K, 2011, Burden et al 2015)
...
... GF foods on prescription provide a key
support for people on low income, those on welfare benefits and the elderly on pensions.
In 2014, £26.8M was spent on prescribed GF products by the NHS.
This equates to an annual cost of £180 (i.e. £3.46 per week) per diagnosed patient making it one of the cheapest treatments for a long term condition in the NHS (Coeliac UK, 2015 – letter to Daily Mail)..
. ...When considering the costs of prescribing GF foods it is important to be mindful of the cost of the long term health consequences of poor compliance.
Complications, such as those listed below, will affect the frequency of visits to GPs and even secondary and tertiary health care facilities - with associated financial implications for the NHS.
When calculating the consequences of non-adherence to a GF diet the following must be considered:
The increased risk of and the cost of treating:
* Depression
* Infertility
* Anaemia – iron deficiency and megaloblastic anaemias
* Osteoporosis
* Osteopenia
* Fracture
* Cancer – lymphoproliferative and gastrointestinal
....
www.bda.uk.com/improvinghealth/healthprofessionals/policy_statement_gluten_free_food_on_prescription[/i]