title: Glaucoma.
abstract: The routine, easiest-to-treat adult patients with glaucoma utilize 1.80 office visits, 3.34 prescriptions, and 2.02 medical/surgical procedures during the course of a year. Based on data from the PTE-Registry database, this patient group did not receive any hospital admissions or professional inpatient services. Eye surgery was performed at an average rate of 0.08 times per PTE. About 53.5% of all PTEs were treated without the use of prescription drugs. When a drug was prescribed, beta blockers were used most often. In fact, 74.1% of all PTEs treated with a single drug group used a beta blocker.
authors: J A
authors: JA
authors: Gricar
authors: P R
authors: PR
authors: Wilson
authors: D G
authors: DG
authors: Cave
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017281:Cost of Illness; D017050:Episode of Care; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009819:Office Visits / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009885:Ophthalmology; D010548:Personal Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014481:United States; D014600:Utilization Review