Preservation and Restoration of Vision:
Vision for the Future, Part 2: Advocacy for the Preservation and Restoration of Vision: Economic Benefits of Ophthalmologic Care
More on Preservation of Vision:
Initiatives and Organizations:
- International Ophthalmology's Vision for the Future
- VISION 2020: The Right to Sight
- Research Agenda for Global Blindness Prevention
- WHO and Non-Governmental Development Organizations (NGOs)
- IFOS Society Preservation of Vision Initiatives
- Other Initiatives
Information and Resources:
David Green
Purpose
Provide economic, social and humanitarian rationale to encourage health care planners and governments to allocate the resources necessary for the eradication of blindness; and to demonstrate how it is possible in a developing country setting to establish financially self-sustaining, high-quality eye care that is affordable and accessible to poor people.
The article has the following sections, which you can review by clicking on the links:
- Introduction
- Present magnitude and major causes of visual impairment
- Socioeconomic Aspects Of Blindness (Data From The WHO)
- Development of Financial Sustainability in Eye Care and Examples of Successful Models
- Role of IOLs in Sustainability
- Rules of Thumb in Cost Recovery
- Three Key Points for Lowering Per Unit Cost of Cataract Surgery
- Predictive Modeling Methodology
- The Real Issues are Price and Choice
- Compassionate Capitalism
- The Effect of Cost Recovery on Program Development
- Relationships among Collaborators
January 2, 2001
Also see: Table of Contents for Vision for the Future
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