ArticleJournal of global health2022
Healthcare utilization and economic burden of myopia in urban China: A nationwide cost-of-illness study.
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- Implementing interventions to promote spectacle wearing among children with refractive errors: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
- Cost-effectiveness analysis of myopia management: A systematic review.Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
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- School and family based myopia education associations with myopia prevalence in Hefei high school students in the post-COVID-19 period.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Gender disparities in the burden of vision impairment and regional environmental susceptibility among Chinese children and adolescents.The British journal of ophthalmology · 2026Article
- Using deep learning to explore the impacts of street-view green space on school myopia prevalence: a multicenter, cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Understanding parental engagement in children and adolescents' myopia prevention and control: a push-pull-mooring framework approach.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of adult patients with myopia toward refractive surgery and postoperative medications: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Atropine-Loaded Contact Lens Sustained-Release Systems: A Narrative Review for the New Frontier for Myopia Management.Ophthalmology and therapy · 2026Review
- Genome-wide association study of myopia progression in Chinese adolescents and application of polygenic risk score prediction.Frontiers in chemistry · 2026Article
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Abstract
Background: China contributes to a significant proportion of the myopia in the world. The study aims to investigate the utilization of various correction methods and health service in urban China, and to estimate the cost of myopia treatment and prevention. In addition, we aimed to estimate the cost of productivity loss due to myopia. Methods: The study was a cross-sectional investigation carried out in urban areas in three provinces located in the east (Shanghai), middle (Anhui) and west part (Yunnan) of China, in 2016. A total of 23819 people aged between 5 to 50 years were included. Health utilization and the cost of myopia were analyzed from patients' perspective. Results: The total number of people with myopia in the urban China was estimated to be 143.6 million. The correction rate was 89.5%, 92.1%, and 92.7% for Anhui, Shanghai, and Yunnan (χ Conclusions: The present study shows that myopia leads to substantial economic burden in China. The loss of productivity caused by myopia is an important part of the disease burden compared to the cost of correction and treatment paid by individuals. Therefore, the focus of myopia prevention and control should be to decrease the myopia prevalence, and prevent the uncorrected refractive errors and the irreversible damage of visual acuity by high myopia.
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