Modelling lifetime cost consequences of toric compared with standard IOLs in cataract surgery of astigmatic patients in four European countries

Journal of Medical Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 230-237

  Laurendeau, C ^a   Lafuma, A ^a   Berdeaux, G ^b,c  

^a CEMKA EVAL   (France)

^b Alcon France   (France)

^c Bioinformatique et Chimie Moléculaire   (France)

Author keywords

Astigmatism; Cataract surgery; Cost minimisation; Economics; Intraocular lens; Spectacle freedom

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COST; COST CONTROL; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; FRANCE; GERMANY; HUMAN; ITALY; LENS IMPLANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; SPAIN; SPECTACLES; VISION;

AGED; ASTIGMATISM; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPE; EYEGLASSES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; LENSES, INTRAOCULAR; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, ECONOMIC;

EID: 70749090692     PISSN: 13696998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3111/13696990903257439     Document Type: Article

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