Direct costs of glaucoma: Relationship between cost and severity of the disease

REAL, JP; LAFUENTE, MC; PALMA, SD; TÁRTARA, LI

Chronic Illness

SAGE Journals

Año: 2018 vol. 16 p. 266 - 266

1742-3953

bjectives: To estimate the direct medical costs associated with the management of patients with primary open-angle glaucoma and to compare the costs of patients according to the degree of severity. Methods: A longitudinal retrospective study was carried out using all patients with primary open-angle glaucoma that recorded follow-up from May 2010 to June 2013 at the Hospital Privado de Cordoba. We estimated the cost of the disease from the perspectives of the institution, with a bottom-up approach. Results: The three-year follow-up after treatment of 104 patients revealed that the average cost of care for a patient with primary open-angle glaucoma was US$27461560. The first year of treatment was significantly more expensive than subsequent ones (US$1100?$810?$827). Cost was related to the degree of severity of glaucoma; patients in ?Stage 0? had significantly lower costs than those in other groups (Kruskal?Wallis test, p