The economic burden of diabetic retinopathy care at a tertiary eye care center in South India

Conclusion: Treatment of DR benefits, but the cost of care increases with disease severity and visual impairment. Compliance to care was related to DR severity and treatment cost. Some of the barriers could be reduced with greater advocacy and reduced travel distance.

Source: Indian Journal of Ophthalmology - February 17, 2021 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Andrea Orji Padmaja K Rani Raja Narayanan Niroj K Sahoo Taraprasad Das Source Type: research