Economic Family Burden of Metabolic Control in Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus.

The article presents information on a study which investigated the economic family burden of metabolic control in children and adolescent with type-1 diabetes mellitus (DM1) at the Instituto Nacional de Pediatria in Mexico City, Mexico. A brief overview is given on DM1 as one of the most frequently encountered chronic metabolic pediatric diseases. The study obtains DM1 family direct costs from a standardized economic survey in children with no chronic severe complications. The study reveals that the highest economic burden was due to self-monitoring of blood glucose and insulin.