Price tag of glaucoma care is minor compared with the total direct and indirect costs of glaucoma: Results from nationwide survey and register data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The estimations of the economic burden of glaucoma have focused on comparing different treatment modalities; hence, the total direct and indirect costs of glaucoma at population level are not well known.

Objective

To estimate the direct and indirect costs of glaucoma and its treatment in Finland.

Methods

Economic and glaucoma data were collected from the cross-sectional nationwide Health 2000 health examination survey linked to multiple national registers, which allowed a 13-year follow-up between 1999-2011 among survey participants. Direct costs covered eye- and non-eye-related hospitalizations and outpatient visits, outpatient health care services, and travel costs among participants aged 30 years or older, adjusted for age and sex. Indirect costs covered

SUBMITTER: Purola PKM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10732367 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature