Establishing a Vision and Eye Health Surveillance System for the Nation: A Status Update on the Vision and Eye Health Surveillance System

Vision loss and eye disorders cost the US health care system $65.1 billion in 2013, the fifth leading cause of medical expenditures.1 Americans fear losing vision as much as or more than memory, hearing, or speech, and consider blindness among the top 4 worst things that could happen to them.2 It is estimated that as much as 98% of visual impairment and blindness, much of it consisting of uncorrected refractive error and untreated cataracts, in the United States can be prevented through timely diagnosis and early treatment.
Source: Ophthalmology - Category: Opthalmology Authors: Tags: Editorial Source Type: research