Preservation and Restoration of Vision:
Vision for the Future, Part 2: Economic Benefits of Ophthalmologic Care: Role of IOLs in Sustainability
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
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Key to sustainability has been quality improvement through the introduction on a large scale of inexpensive, high-quality intraocular lenses as the treatment of choice in developing country programs.
The better visual acuity afforded by an IOL over correction with aphakic glasses has played a key role in stimulating market demand for cataract services for all economic strata.
Vision with an IOL attracts cataract patients to come for surgery at an earlier stage when they are still able to work and can pay for surgery. Financial self-sufficiency can be attained, as cataract surgery programs are able to recover costs from user fees.
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Also see:
- Contents of Economic Benefits of Ophthalmologic Care
- Table of Contents for Vision for the Future
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