More frequent, more costly? Health economic modelling aspects of monitoring glaucoma patients in England

• Main Authors: Trishal Boodhna (Author), David P. Crabb (Author)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: BMC, 2016-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Chronic open angle glaucoma (COAG) is an age-related eye disease causing irreversible loss of visual field (VF). Health service delivery for COAG is challenging given the large number of diagnosed patients requiring lifelong periodic monitoring by hospital eye services. Yet frequ...