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

BMC Ophthalmology

Table 4 Cost consequences (€) according to ReSTOR^® and monofocal IOLs per country according to NHS perspectives

	France		Germany		Italy		Spain
Item	ReSTOR^®	Monofocal	ReSTOR^®	Monofocal	ReSTOR^®	Monofocal	ReSTOR^®	Monofocal
Surgery including the IOL	2,292	2,292	2,500	2,500	2,212	2,212	2,100	2,100
Spectacles	21	94	0	0	0	0	0	0
Visit to correct visual acuity	17	79	24	110	14	61	50	224
Total	2,330	2,465	2,524	2,610	2,226	2,273	2,150	2,324
Difference	-135	Ref	-85	Ref	-48	Ref	-174	Ref

Base-case scenario: cost of ReSTOR^® = €500; discount rate = 3%; patients freed from spectacles = 80% after RESTOR^® versus 10% after monofocal IOLs. Ref: Reference

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