The scam involved seven companies submitting fraudulent insurance claims for urinary catheters, a relatively low-cost medical ...

and low cost. Because silastic tubing potentially possessed the properties listed above, 1–8 silastic intravenous catheters were obtained through the Dow Corning Center for Aid to Medical Research.

The results of the analysis showed that reusable non-coated catheters were the most cost-effective option for intermittent self-catheterisation. However, the clinical evidence informing this model was ...