Table 3
Cost effectiveness of various currently available eyecare technologies
| Ophthalmic intervention | Cost effectiveness | Setting | Country | Reference |
| Vitamin A supplementation | US$1/DALY | Community based | Not given | Bobadilla et al, 19949 |
| Cataract surgery (conventional extracapsular cataract extraction + posterior chamber intraocular lens) | AUS$ 1000.85/cataract removal | Specialised cataract unit | Australia | Asimakis et al, 199610 |
| Cataract surgery (phacoemulsfication plus posterior chamber intraocular lens) | AUS $1231.00/cataract removal | Specialised cataract unit | Australia | Asimakis et al, 199610 |
| Cataract surgery (technique not mentioned) | UK£496.90/cataract removal | Specialised cataract unit | England | Cresswell et al, 199611 |
| Cataract surgery (technique not mentioned) | US$5.06/DALY | Specialised cataract unit | Nepal | Marseille, 199612 |
| Cataract surgery (technique not mentioned) | US$23 | Eye Camp | Northern India | Murthy et al, 199413 |
| Trichiasis surgery for trachoma | US$2–15/HALY | Countrywid e | Burma | Evans et al, 199614 |
| Diabetic retinopathy screening (type I diabetics) | US$1996/QALY | Computer modelling | USA | Javittet al, 199615 |
| Diabetic retinopathy screening (type II non-insulin using) | US$2933/QALY | Computer modelling | USA | Javitt et al, 199615 |
| Diabetic retinopathy screening (type II insulin using) | US$3530/QALY | Computer modelling | USA | Javittet al, 199615 |
| Glaucoma screening (ophthalmoscopy and tonometry, with perimetry when abnormalities detected) | Cnd $100 000/year of blindness averted | Computer modelling | Canada | Boivinet al, 199616 |
| Glaucoma screening (ophthalmoscopy, tonometry, and perimetry) | UK£850/true positive case | Computer modelling | England | Tuck et al, 199719 |
