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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
An estimate of patient costs and benefits of the new primary eye care model utilization through vision centers in Andhra Pradesh, India
Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, Volume 22, No. 4, Year 2010
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Little or no work has been carried out in developing countries on costs to patients and patient benefits in accessing primary eye care services. The purpose of this study was to assess the indirect, direct, and overall costs of patients accessing vision care at vision center services (New Primary Eyecare Approach) as compared with the nearest private clinic. The authors used a standardized questionnaire and a paired sample t test to check the significance of difference of costs. They considered a P value of <.05 as significant in this study. The total costs were significantly lower for patients who accessed the vision centers compared with the costs these patients may have incurred if they had sought services from the nearest town-based clinic (mean in Indian rupees [INR] of 178.4 ± 48.3, standard error of the mean = 4.2, and INR 366.2 ± 48.2, standard error of the mean = 4.2, respectively, t test P value < 001). vision centers, besides providing quality eye care services, offer substantial cost savings to rural populations compared with town-based optical clinics. © 2010 APJPH.
Authors & Co-Authors
Kovai, Vilas
India, Hyderabad
L.v. Prasad Eye Institute India
Australia, Sydney
Vision Cooperative Research Centre, Australia
Rao, Gullapalli Nageswara
India, Hyderabad
L.v. Prasad Eye Institute India
Australia, Sydney
Vision Cooperative Research Centre, Australia
A. Holden, Brien
South Africa, Durban
International Centre for Eyecare Education, Durban
Australia, Sydney
Brien Holden Vision Institute
Krishnaiah, Sannapaneni
India, Hyderabad
L.v. Prasad Eye Institute India
Australia, Sydney
Vision Cooperative Research Centre, Australia
Bhattacharya, Shubhra K.
India, Hyderabad
L.v. Prasad Eye Institute India
Marmamulla, Srinivas
India, Hyderabad
L.v. Prasad Eye Institute India
Australia, Sydney
Vision Cooperative Research Centre, Australia
Khanna, Rohit C.
India, Hyderabad
L.v. Prasad Eye Institute India
Australia, Sydney
Vision Cooperative Research Centre, Australia
Statistics
Citations: 22
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1177/1010539510370779
ISSN:
10105395
Research Areas
Health System And Policy