Changes in Glaucoma Medication during the Past Eight Years and Future Directions in Japan Based on an Insurance Medical Claim Database.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To investigate changes in the status of glaucoma care between 2006 and 2013 and to predict future directions of glaucoma care in Japan.

Subjects and methods

Japanese subjects registered in the largest national insurance claim database in Japan from 2006 to 2013 were analyzed. Estimations of the number of glaucoma patients during the past eight years and of the number of future patients were calculated. Changes in prescription trends among the same patients in the three-year period after initiating antiglaucoma medication were also investigated.

Results

There was a total of 3,016,000 subjects in the database. The proportion of glaucoma patients increased consistently from 2.5% in 2006 to 4.5% in 2013. This trend was predicted to continue until 2025, followed by

SUBMITTER: Sakamoto M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5684567 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature