Trial-based cost-effectiveness analysis of toric versus monofocal intraocular lenses in cataract patients with bilateral corneal astigmatism in the Netherlands

Purpose: To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of toric versus monofocal intraocular lens (100 implantation in cataract patients with bilateral corneal astigmatism. Setting: Two ophthalmology clinics in the Netherlands. Design: Prospective cost-effectiveness analysis. Methods: Resource-use data were collected over a 6-month postoperative period. Consecutive patients with bilateral age-related cataract and 1.25 diopters or more of corneal astigmatism were included in the economic evaluation. Patients were randomized to phacoemulsification with bilateral toric or monofocal IOL implantation. All rel... Mehr ...