How prostaglandins have changed the medical approach to glaucoma and its costs: an observational study of 2228 patients treated with glaucoma medications

• Published in: Acta ophthalmologica Scandinavica Vol. 82; no. 4; pp. 393 - 396
• Main Authors: De Natale, Renato, Draghi, Eva, Dorigo, Maria Teresa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK; Malden, USA Blackwell Publishing Ltd/Inc 01.08.2004
• Subjects: Antihypertensive Agents - administration & dosage; Antihypertensive Agents - economics; combined therapy for glaucoma; cost of glaucoma medical therapy; Cost of Illness; Drug Costs; Drug Prescriptions - statistics & numerical data; Drug Therapy, Combination; Drug Utilization - economics; Drug Utilization - trends; glaucoma; Glaucoma - drug therapy; Glaucoma - economics; glaucoma medical therapy prescription; Health Care Costs; Humans; Intraocular Pressure - drug effects; ocular hypertension; Ocular Hypertension - drug therapy; Ocular Hypertension - economics; pharmaceutical costs of glaucoma treatment; prevalence of glaucoma therapy; prostaglandin derivatives; Prostaglandins, Synthetic - administration & dosage; Prostaglandins, Synthetic - economics; socio‐economic costs of glaucoma; β‐blockers

. Purpose:  The aim of the present study was to investigate how the medical treatment of glaucoma changed between 1997 and 2002, since the advent of prostaglandin derivatives, with regard to drug prescriptions and pharmaceutical costs. Methods:  A study was made of medical prescriptions for 2228 pat...