Management of ocular hypertension: a cost-effectiveness approach from the ocular hypertension treatment study
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Management of ocular hypertension: a cost-effectiveness approach from the Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study.
PURPOSE The Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study (OHTS) demonstrated that medical treatment of people with intraocular pressure (IOP) of > or =24 mm Hg reduces the risk of the development of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) by 60%. There is no consensus on which people with ocular hypertension would benefit from treatment. DESIGN Cost-utility analysis with the use of a Markov model. METHOD...
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