%0 Journal Article
%T Facoemulsifica£¿£¿o versus extra£¿£¿o extracapsular no sistema p¨²blico de sa¨²de: an¨¢lise de custos para o hospital, para o governo e para a sociedade
%A Kara-Junior
%A Newton
%A Santhiago
%A Marcony Rodrigues de
%A Espindola
%A Rodrigo Fran£¿a de
%J Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia
%D 2012
%I Sociedade Brasileira de Oftalmologia
%R 10.1590/S0034-72802012000200009
%X purpose: to compare the costs of cataract surgery for a public hospital, the government and the society between the techniques of phacoemulsification (phaco) and extracapsular cataract extraction (eecp). methods: a review based on several clinical studies between 2002 and 2010 at the ambulatorial surgical center of the university of s£¿o paulo. results: the estimated expenses associated with medical supplies used for surgery were r$ 468.92 and r$ 259.96 in the phaco and eecp groups respectivelly. the hospital expenditures in the postoperative follow-up was approximately r$ 16.40 (42%) lower in the phaco. regarding the estimated spending for social security, the eecp group cost an average, us$ 44.58 per patient more than the phaco group.
%K cataract extraction [economics]
%K phacoemulsification [economics]
%K costs and cost analysis
%K helath care costs.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0034-72802012000200009&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en