Cost-effectiveness and cost-utility of population-based glaucoma screening in China: a decision-analytic Markov model

Summary: Background: Glaucoma, particularly primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG), is a leading cause of global blindness. Nearly half of all people with PACG are of Chinese descent. Population-level glaucoma screening has generally not been found to be cost-effective in high-income countries; howe...

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Main Authors: Jianjun Tang, PhD, Yuanbo Liang, ProfMD, Ciaran O'Neill, ProfPhD, Frank Kee, ProfMD, Junhong Jiang, MD, Nathan Congdon, ProfMD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-07-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X19302013