Glaucoma Facts
- Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness world wide.
- One in 10 Australians over 80 will develop glaucoma.
- First degree relatives of glaucoma patients have an 8-fold increased risk of developing the disease.
- At present, 50% of people with glaucoma in Australia are undiagnosed.
- Australian health care cost of glaucoma in 2005 was $342 million.
- The total annual cost of glaucoma in 2005 was $1.9 billion.
- The total cost is expected to increase to $4.3 billion by 2025.
- The dynamic model of the economic impact of glaucoma enables cost-effectiveness comparison
of various interventions to inform policy development.
Source: Tunnel Vision. The economic impact of Open Angle Glaucoma, Centre for Eye Reasearch Australia, 2008
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