Table 3. . Annual treatment and device costs.

	Unit cost, CAD	Units	Net cost, CAD
rt-CGM annual cost† Total discounted annual cost/patient for rt-CGM (includes 36 sensors and 4 transmitters) in Canada	3588	1	3588
SMBG annual cost Single-use blood glucose test strip. Testing frequency assumed to be 3.8-times per day‡	0.79 per test§	1387	1095.73

^†Cost provided by the manufacturer.

^‡As reported in the DIAMOND Type 2 diabetes study [7].

^§As reported by Diabetes Canada [28].

rt-CGM: Real-time continuous glucose monitoring; SMBG: Self-monitoring of blood glucose.