ArticleJapanese journal of ophthalmology2011
Cost-effectiveness of cataract surgery in Japan.
Article in Japanese journal of ophthalmology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Immediate sequential bilateral surgery versus delayed sequential bilateral surgery for cataracts.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Immediate versus Delayed Sequential Bilateral Cataract Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.PloS one · 2015Pooled it
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- Remote Eye Triage: Health Economic Perspectives on Resource Prioritization.Health services insights · 2025Article
- Economic evaluations in cataract surgery: a narrative review.Eye (London, England) · 2024Review
- The economics of vision impairment and its leading causes: A systematic review.EClinicalMedicine · 2022Review
- Influence of cataract surgery for the first or second eye on vision-related quality of life (VR-QOL) and the predictive factors of VR-QOL improvement.Japanese journal of ophthalmology · 2020Article
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- Effects of phacoemulsification with versus without viscoelastic devices on surgical outcomes.International ophthalmology · 2018Article
- Long-term efficiency of cataract surgery with hydrophilic acrylic Ioflex intraocular lens.Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2017Article
- The association between legal Japanese visual impairment grades and vision-related quality of life.Japanese journal of ophthalmology · 2016Article
- The Royal College of Ophthalmologists' Cataract Surgery Commissioning Guidance: executive summary.Eye (London, England) · 2016Article
- The cost-effectiveness of second-eye cataract surgery in the UK.Age and ageing · 2015Article
- Assessment of vision-related quality of life among patients with cataracts and the outcomes of cataract surgery using a newly developed visual function questionnaire: the VFQ-J11.Japanese journal of ophthalmology · 2014Observational
- Cost-utility analysis of cataract surgery in Japan: a probabilistic Markov modeling study.Japanese journal of ophthalmology · 2013Article
- Visual impairment as a function of visual acuity in both eyes and its impact on patient reported preferences.PloS one · 2013Article
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Abstract
purposeTo evaluate the cost-effectiveness of cataract surgery through measurement of the cost per quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) in Japan.
methodsA total of 549 patients scheduled for cataract surgery at 12 clinical sites from November 2008 through February 2010 were included in the study. Prospective assessment of patient preference-based quality of life (utility) was performed before and after the surgery using the time tradeoff method, EuroQol, and Health Utilities Index Mark 3. Multiple regression analysis was used to determine the correlation between utility and visual acuity. The QALYs gained through cataract surgery were estimated, and cost-utility analysis was performed.
resultsThe utilities significantly correlated with the visual acuity in the better seeing eye. In all the subgroups (first eye surgery, second eye surgery, and bilateral surgery), mean utility improvement was statistically significant. Average QALYs for unilateral cataract surgery and bilateral cataract surgery were 2.40 and 3.40, respectively. The cost per QALY gained from surgery was estimated at ¥122,472 (US $1,307) for unilateral surgery and ¥145,562 (US $1,553) for bilateral surgery.
conclusionsRoutine cataract surgery in Japan is highly cost-effective. Factors that contribute to this are the high clinical effectiveness of the surgery, the substantial improvement in patient-perceived quality of life, and the reasonable cost of the surgery.
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