Impact of Cataract Surgery on Income in Rural Southern China: The SUCCESS Randomized Controlled Trial.
Xuhua TanXiaotong HanYingfeng ZhengLing JinXiaozhang QiuYi ZhuChuan ChenJiaqing ZhangHeather DickeyDecai WangShengsong HuangYizhi LiuXiaoling LiangYangfa ZengHaotian LinMingguang HeLixia LuoWenyong HuangNathan CongdonYizhi LiuPublished in: Asia-Pacific journal of ophthalmology (Philadelphia, Pa.) (2023)
Cataract surgery substantially increases personal income in rural China, offering a strategy for poverty alleviation. The strong association between increased income and change in visual acuity enhances the biological plausibility of the result.