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ArticleBMC ophthalmology2022

Governmental support for achieving "VISION 2020: the Right to Sight" in Iran: the cataract surgical rates.

Hassan Hashemi, Farhad Rezvan, Abbasali Yekta, Mehdi Khabazkhoob

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Hassan HashemiNoor Research Center for Ophthalmic Epidemiology, Noor Eye Hospital, Tehran, Iran. hhashemi@noorvision.com.
Farhad RezvanNoor Ophthalmology Research Center, Noor Eye Hospital, Tehran, Iran.
Abbasali YektaDepartment of Optometry, School of Paramedical Sciences, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Mehdi KhabazkhoobDepartment of Basic Sciences, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

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purposeThe aim of this study was evaluate the effect of governmental support in the form of Health Transformation Plan (HTP) on increasing the cataract surgical rate.

methodsThe number of cataract surgeries was collected from Iranian cataract surgery clinics during 2019. HTP was implemented in 2014. Forty-seven major and forty-five minor surgery centers were selected from all provinces. In each center, sampling was done from 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2016.

resultsOn average, 6202 and 7134 cataract surgery rate were performed before and after HTP, respectively. The cataract surgical rate rose by 15.03% after the HTP. After HTP, the proportion of cataract surgery increased by 21.32% in governmental centers and decreased by 17.56%, 24.45%, and 14.89% in private, insurance, and charity centers, respectively. The cataract surgical rate was 4093 and 6026 in the first economic quartile (the poorest), 3669 and 4595 in the second quartile, 5884 and 5928 in the third quartile, and 8427 and 9681 in the fourth quartile (the richest) before and after HTP, respectively. The highest growth in the cataract surgical rate was seen in the first quartile (47.24%) followed by the second (25.26%), fourth (14.88%), and third quartiles (0.74%).

conclusionThe Health Transformation Plan has been successful in increasing the cataract surgical rate in the low-income group and identifying differences in the services as well as the economic groups within the population.

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CataractCataract ExtractionOphthalmologyHumansIranCataract surgery rateCostEconomicGovernment

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