Burden of visual impairment associated with eye diseases: exploratory survey of 298 Chinese patients.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To explore the economic burden, prevalence of catastrophic healthcare expenditure (CHE) and the quality of life (QoL) of Chinese patients with visual impairment (VI) associated with eye diseases.

Design

A questionnaire survey from March to May 2016 by structured face-to-face interviews of patients with VI.

Participants

302 patients who were diagnosed with moderate VI or worse in both eyes (visual acuity <6/18) were included, and 298 patients (98.7%) who completed the survey questionnaires were eligible for the study.

Outcome measures

The economic burden was estimated by calculating participants' direct costs covered in 2015 and the definition of CHE was out-of-pocket (OOP) costs exceeding 30% of annual household income. QoL was weighed by health util

SUBMITTER: Guan X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6747637 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature