title: Daily disposable contact lens prescribing around the world.
abstract: Daily disposable contact lenses were introduced into the market 16 years ago. Data that we have gathered from annual contact lens fitting surveys conducted in Australia, Canada, Japan, The Netherlands, Norway, the UK and the USA between 2000 and 2008 indicates an overall increase in daily disposable lens fitting during this period. Daily disposable lenses are especially popular in Japan, Norway and the UK. There is a trend for these lenses to be fitted on a part-time basis. Males are over-represented in daily disposable lens fitting-a trend that is especially evident in Canada. Daily disposable lens wearers are about two years younger than wearers of reusable lenses in Japan and The Netherlands. The convenience and health benefits of daily disposable lenses are expected to fuel continued growth in this sector.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, and School of Optometry, Queensland University of Technology, 60 Musk Avenue, Kelvin Grove, Queensland 4059, Australia.
authors.forename: Nathan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Efron
authors.forename: Philip B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Morgan
authors.forename: Magne
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Helland
authors.forename: Motozumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Itoi
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Jason J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Nichols
authors.forename: Eef
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: van der Worp
authors.forename: Craig A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Woods
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001315:Australia; D002170:Canada; D003261:Contact Lenses; D004209:Disposable Equipment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D009426:Netherlands; D009664:Norway; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D017755:Prosthesis Fitting / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017678:Sex Distribution; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult