Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
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Carlos Alberto Romo Arpio

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• Short Communication
  Socioeconomic Impact of Primary Open Angle Glaucoma in Mexico
  Author(s): Eduardo García Luna, Alejandro Sámano Guerrero, Carlos Alberto Romo Arpio, Pablo Villarreal Guerra and Rogelio Villarreal Villarreal Eduardo García Luna, Alejandro Sámano Guerrero, Carlos Alberto Romo Arpio, Pablo Villarreal Guerra and Rogelio Villarreal Villarreal
  
  By means of a transversal study we have estimated the yearly cost for each patient with primary open angle glaucoma and the economic effects on Mexican society and in the family of the patients. The direct costs (diagnosis and treatment) and indirect costs (productivity losses) were calculated with an exploratory study that involved the biggest 30 population areas in Mexico. The total costs are $1,144,611,537 USD during the first year for an estimated prevalence of primary open angle glaucoma with visual disability in our country reported previously. An appropriate detecting method for primary open angle glaucoma that is time and cost saving is yet to be planned and implemented in Mexico. .. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9570.1000575

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