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Visual disorders among America's aging population cost society and the U.S. government billions
January 7th, 2007
Visual disorders among America's aging population cost society and the U.S. government billions of dollars each year, according to a new study by researchers from RTI International and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The study, funded by the CDC, was published in a recent issue of Archives of Ophthalmology and provides the first updated estimate of the burden of major adult visual disorders since 1982. According to the authors, the total annual economic burden of major adult visual disorders exceeds $35 billion, of which the federal government pays $13.7 billion. These economic costs are in addition to the...
Source: Patient Care Law Weekly (2007-01-07)
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