Diabetic retinopathy ? Need and demand for photocoagulation and its cost-effectiveness: Evaluation based on services in the United Kingdom
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- 1 August 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Diabetologia
- Vol. 23 (2) , 138-140
Abstract
Photocoagulation services in the two Regions, north of the River Thames, treated 6,589 cases of diabetic retinopathy (including an annual incidence of 309 cases) or 20% of the estimated total need for photocoagulation. Sixty-one percent of diabetic retinopathy patients have disease in both eyes. It is cheaper to treat a patient with diabetic retinopathy than to look after a blind person for one year. Hence, adequate training in the identification and early treatment of diabetic retinopathy requiring photocoagulation is urgent.Keywords
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