Affluence and Contact Lens Prescribing

Objectives: To assess the impact of national affluence on the extent of prescribing of various types of soft contact lenses. Methods: Using information derived from a large bank of contact lens prescribing data, the relationship between the percentage prescribing of daily disposable, toric, silicone hydrogel, and multifocal contact lenses versus the gross domestic product at purchasing parity per capita (GDP [PPP]) was determined for all countries in which contact lens prescribers returned survey forms relating to greater than 100 contact lens fits between 2017 and 2021, inclusive. Results: Data from 39 countries were analyzed, comprising 94,181 contact lens fits. The relationship between percentage contact lens prescribing versus GDP (PPP) was highly statistically significant for daily disposable lenses (r2=0.35, P
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