Cost-effectiveness of medications compared with laser trabeculoplasty in patients with newly diagnosed open-angle glaucoma.

Abstract

Prostaglandin analogs and LTP are both cost-effective options for the management of newly diagnosed mild open-angle glaucoma.

Assuming optimal medication adherence, PGAs confer greater value compared with LTP. However, when assuming more realistic levels of medication adherence (making them 25% less effective than the documented effectiveness reported in clinical trials), at current prices for PGAs, LTP may be a more cost-effective alternative.

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Subjects

• Antihypertensive Agents
• Cloprostenol
• Cost-Benefit Analysis
• Glaucoma, Open-Angle
• Health Status
• Humans
• Laser Therapy
• Markov Chains
• Medication Adherence
• Middle Aged
• Quality of Life
• Quality-Adjusted Life Years
• Trabeculectomy

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Authors

• Joshua D Stein
• David D Kim
• Will W Peck
• Steven M Giannetti
• David W Hutton

Publication date

2012-04-11

Journal

Journal topics

• Ophthalmology

Language

Eng.

Copyright

Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Michigan, 1000 Wall St, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA. jdstein [at] med.umich.edu

Release reference

Arch Ophthalmol. 2012 Apr;130(4):497-505

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