Patient-Centered Economic Burden of Diabetic Macular Edema: Retrospective Cohort Study

• Main Authors: Kyungseon Choi (Author), Sang Jun Park (Author), Hyuna Yoon (Author), Seoyoon Choi (Author), Yongseok Mun (Author), Seok Kim (Author), Sooyoung Yoo (Author), Se Joon Woo (Author), Kyu Hyung Park (Author), Junghyun Na (Author), Hae Sun Suh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2024-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundDiabetic macular edema (DME), a leading cause of blindness, requires treatment with costly drugs, such as anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) agents. The prolonged use of these effective but expensive drugs results in an incremental economic burden for patients with DME compared...