Variation in prices charged to patients for specialty intraocular lenses inserted during universally covered cataract surgery.

Patients often pay for specialty intraocular lenses (IOLs) for cataract surgery covered by universal insurance. This practice creates the potential for inequitable pricing where the medical service provider is also the retailer. We measured the variation in prices between cataract surgeons for the s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Joshua M Robert, Robert J Campbell, Chaim M Bell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3335842?pdf=render