Diabetes Ther (2021) 12:2263–2264
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13300-021-01093-z

 CORRECTION



Correction to: Cost Analysis of FreeStyle LibreÒ 2
System in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Population
Itziar Oyagüez      . Fernando Gómez-Peralta . Sara Artola .
Francisco J. Carrasco . Juana Carretero-Gómez . Javier Garcı́a-Soidan .
Ricardo Gómez-Huelgas . Juan F. Merino-Torres . Antonio Pérez




Published online: July 9, 2021
Ó The Author(s) 2021


Correction to: Diabetes Ther                                 €2,309,089 for the cohort with SMBG and the
               https://doi.org/10.1007/s13300-021-01064-4    FreeStyle Libre 2 system, respectively.’’
                                                                ‘‘Cost savings with the use of the FreeStyle
In original article, there are few facts published           Libre 2 system as compared to SMBG would be
incorrectly. The correct Table 4 is given below.             up to €642,795 per year (- 21.8%) (Table 4).’’
   There are few corrections in the second                      The original article has been updated.
paragraph under the Table 4.
   ‘‘In the additional scenario considering sev-
ere and non-severe hypoglycaemic episodes, the
total annual cost reached €2,951,884 and



The original article can be found online at https://doi.
org/10.1007/s13300-021-01064-4.

                                                             R. Gómez-Huelgas
I. Oyagüez (&)                                              Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Regional
Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research Iberia               Universitario de Málaga, Instituto de Investigación
(PORIB), Paseo Joaquı́n Rodrigo 4 - letra I, Pozuelo         Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA), Universidad de
de Alarcón, 28224 Madrid, Spain                             Málaga; and Ciber Fisiopatologı́a de la Obesidad y la
e-mail: ioyaguez@porib.com                                   Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III,
                                                             Madrid, Spain
F. Gómez-Peralta
Unidad de Endocrinologı́a y Nutrición, Hospital             J. F. Merino-Torres
General de Segovia, Segovia, Spain                           Endocrinologı́a y Nutrición, Departamento
                                                             Medicina, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe,
S. Artola                                                    Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain
Centro de Salud José Marvá, Madrid, Spain
                                                             A. Pérez
F. J. Carrasco                                               Servicio de Endocrinologı́a y Nutrición. Hospital de
UGC Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario Juan            la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, IIB-Sant Pau, CIBERDEM,
Ramón Jiménez, Huelva, Spain                               Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona,
                                                             Spain
J. Carretero-Gómez
Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital de Zafra,
Badajoz, Spain

J. Garcı́a-Soidan
Porriño Primary Care Centre, Pontevedra, Spain
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Table 4 Results of the sensitivity analyses
                                                     Total annual cost per 1000 T2DM patients
                                                     SMBG       FreeStyle      Absolute difference FreeStyle Libre 2
                                                                Libre 2        system vs SMBG (percentage variation)
                                                                system
Base case for T2DM with basal-bolus insulin          €2,700,499 €2,119,546     € - 580,953 (- 21.5%)
SA1 (1.3 severe hypoglycaemic episodes/patient-      €1,793,470 €1,655,147     € - 138,323 (- 7.7%)
  year) [37]
SA2 (3 strips & lancets a day for SMBG)              €2,295,071 €2,119,546     € - 175,525 (- 7.6%)
SA3 (0.66 strips & lancets a day for FreeStyle       €2,700,499 €2,181,712     € - 518,787 (- 19.2%)
  Libre 2 users) [38]
SA4 (3 strips & lancets a day for SMBG, and 0.66 €2,295,071 €2,181,712         € - 113,360 (-4.9%)
  for FreeStyle Libre 2 users)
SA5 (13 strips & lancets a day for SBMG,             €3,646,496 €2,119,546     € - 1,526,950 (- 41.9%)
  equivalent to daily scans in real-world studies)
  [38]
SA6 (including severe and non-severe                 €2,951,884 €2,309,089     € - 642,795 (- 21.8%)
  hypoglycaemic episodes)
SA sensitivity analysis, SMBG self-monitoring of capillary blood glucose, T2DM type 2 diabetes mellitus



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