Glaucoma report points to increased costs

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Mon, 06/02/2008 - 23:00

(Research Australia) A new Center for Eye Research Australia/ Access Economics report shows the cost of glaucoma will more than double in the next two decades.

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