Modelling lifetime cost consequences of ReSTOR®in cataract surgery in four European countries

BMC Ophthalmology

Table 1 Unit costs according to country and type of resource consumed (2006 €)

Item	France		Germany		Italy		Spain
	Society	NHS	Society	NHS	Society	NHS	Society	NHS
Cataract surge'ry
• Surgery [35–38]	1,145.9	1,145.9	1,250	1,250	1,106	1,106	1,050	1,050
• ReSTOR^® premium¹	500	0	500	0	500	0	500	0
• Monofocal IOLs	In DRG	In DRG	In DRG	In DRG	In DRG	In DRG	In DRG	In DRG
• Other multifocal IOLs²	[0–500]	0	[0–500]	0	[0–500]	0	[0–500]	0
Spectacles [25, 34]	578.9	19.71	387.6	0	310.5	0	230.2	0
Unit cost of cleaning	3		3		3		3
Visit [39–42]
• ophthalmologist	25	16.50	57.78	23.75	100	12.91	60	60
• optometrist	-	-	0	0	0	0	40	0
Mean cost per km [43–46]
• visit/implant	0.39	-	0.27	-	0.31	-	0.46	-
• optic centre	0.31	-	0.23	-	0.31	-	0.45	-
Cost of work/hour [47]	24.7	-	26.22	-	21.39	-	14.75	-

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