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Cost of diabetic retinopathy and macular oedema in a population, an eight year follow up.

Romero-Aroca PedroSofia de la Riva-FernandezAida Valls-MateuRamon Sagarra-AlamoAntonio Moreno-RibasNuria SolerDomenec Puig
Published in: BMC ophthalmology (2016)
Screening for diabetic retinopathy every 2.5 years is cost-effective, but should be adjusted to a patient's personal risk factors. Treatment with anti-VEGF for DMO has increased costs, but the cost-utility increases to 0.21 QALY per patient.
Keyphrases
  • diabetic retinopathy
  • optical coherence tomography
  • risk factors
  • case report
  • endothelial cells
  • vascular endothelial growth factor
  • combination therapy