Estimating the costs of blindness and moderate to severe visual impairment among people with diabetes in India.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study provides an estimate of the annual cost of blindness and moderate to severe visual impairment (MSVI) among people with diabetes aged 40 years and above in India in the year 2019.

Design

A cost of illness study.

Setting

India.

Participants

People with diabetes aged 40 years and above in India in the year 2019.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Estimates are provided for the total costs of screening for most common vision-threatening eye conditions, treatment of these conditions, economic activity lost by these people and their family carers whose ability to work is affected, and loss of quality of life experienced by people with diabetes and blindness or MSVI.

Results

It is estimated that for people with diabetes aged 40

SUBMITTER: Redding S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10314483 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature