Publication Date
2009
130 p
This report provides estimates of the numbers of persons that were likely to have age-related macular disease, cataract, diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma at two points in time 2010 and 2020. Estimates of the baseline and cumulative costs to society of the prevailing health and social care provision and support in that time frame are provided using a cost of illness approach from the societal perspective. Useful figures and tables are provided to present the results
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Keywords
Disability and social diversity; functional limitation: visual; Global picture; cost of disability; Health; diseases: non-communicable diseases (NCD); systems: health workforce; Livelihoods; informal employment; Politics government and economics; economics; Rehabilitation; therapeutic (treatment); trauma
