(Inter)National
Cost
of Glaucoma
(Inter)National Cost of Glaucoma
ACG adds 42,000
more
glaucoma cases
Canadian National Institute for the Blind Data
Blindness and
Impairment
from Glaucoma in Canada
Cost of glaucoma
blindness
Canadian estimate (Boivin)
Canadian Overall
Health Care Costs
Visits for Glaucoma in
2000
Outpatient Physician Visits
Cost of Glaucoma USA
1998
(5% sample Medicare)
Total Glaucoma Cost, excluding drugs, 2004
Visits for Glaucoma Increasing
USA Cost doesn’t include drugs
Retail cost is up to
50%
above wholesale in U.S.
Who is being treated for glaucoma ?
Cost of Cataract Due to Eyedrops
Would we save money by doing surgery instead of drops ?
Cost of side-effects of treatment
The cost of glaucoma blindness
What is the level of visual impairment that is personally significant to patient?
What is the level of visual impairment that is personally significant to patient?
Cost of glaucoma not separable from other eye diseases