Immigration Status and Time to Accessing Publicly Funded Flash Glucose Monitoring Systems

Among adult residents of Ontario, Canada, who have insulin-requiring diabetes and are eligible for publicly funded medications, is immigration status associated with time to initiating a flash glucose monitoring (FGM) system?This cohort study including 109 079 individuals 66 years or older found that immigrants had a statistically significantly lower hazard of initiating a FGM system compared with long-term residents.This study suggests that a longer time to FGM system access for recent immigrants in the context of a publicly funded drug program identifies an opportunity to improve coordination of new technologies, potentially reducing access delays.

Corresponding Author: Mary N. Elias, MSc, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, 155 College St, 4th Floor, Toronto, ON M5T 3M6, Canada (mary.elias@mail.utoronto.ca).

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