Cost-effectiveness and cost-utility of population-based glaucoma screening in China: a decision-analytic Markov model

• Main Authors: Jianjun Tang, PhD (Author), Yuanbo Liang, ProfMD (Author), Ciaran O'Neill, ProfPhD (Author), Frank Kee, ProfMD (Author), Junhong Jiang, MD (Author), Nathan Congdon, ProfMD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: Glaucoma, particularly primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG), is a leading cause of global blindness. Nearly half of all people with PACG are of Chinese descent. Population-level glaucoma screening has generally not been found to be cost-effective in high-income countries; howev...