Table 6

Cost differences between monofocal and other multifocal IOLs (€) (multifocal – monofocal) according to different assumptions (Sickness Funds' perspectives)

Spectacle dependence rates after MIOLs

Discount Rate


0%

3%

5%


France


20%

-170

-135

-118

40%

-122

-96

-84

60%

-73

-58

-50

80%

-24

-19

-17


Germany


20%

-209

-166

-145

40%

-149

-119

-104

60%

-89

-71

-62

80%

-30

-24

-21


Italy


20%

-61

-48

-41

40%

-43

-34

-30

60%

-26

-20

-18

80%

-9

-7

-6


Spain


20%

-219

-174

-152

40%

-156

-124

-109

60%

-94

-75

-65

80%

-31

-25

-22


Spectacle freedom after monofocal IOLs = 10%.

Lafuma and Berdeaux BMC Ophthalmology 2008 8:12   doi:10.1186/1471-2415-8-12

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