2020
Ophthalmic Medication Expenditures and Out-of-Pocket Spending An Analysis of United States Prescriptions from 2007 through 2016
Chen EM, Kombo N, Teng CC, Mruthyunjaya P, Nwanyanwu K, Parikh R. Ophthalmic Medication Expenditures and Out-of-Pocket Spending An Analysis of United States Prescriptions from 2007 through 2016. Ophthalmology 2020, 127: 1292-1302. PMID: 32359935, PMCID: PMC7508869, DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2020.04.037.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOphthalmic medicationsMedication expendituresOOP expenditureLongitudinal cohort studyOverall drug expendituresUnited States populationPrescription drug spendingGlaucoma medicationsCohort studyMedication useDry eyePrescription usePrescription expendituresPrescription medicationsOOP expensesMedicationsCopayment assistancePocket expenditureOOP spendingDrug expendituresPocket spendingDrug spendingIndirect costsMEPS participantsLinear regression
2016
The Ex-PRESS Glaucoma Filtration Device Implantation in Uveitic Glaucoma
Dhanireddy S, Kombo NC, Payal AR, Freitas-Neto CA, Preble J, Foster CS. The Ex-PRESS Glaucoma Filtration Device Implantation in Uveitic Glaucoma. Ocular Immunology And Inflammation 2016, 25: 767-774. PMID: 27230295, DOI: 10.1080/09273948.2016.1175639.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntraocular pressureUveitic glaucomaGlaucoma medicationsGlaucoma patientsSurgical successEx-PRESS implantationUveitic glaucoma patientsMean intraocular pressureEffective surgical interventionPostoperative examinationPreoperative levelsGlaucoma groupPreoperative examinationDevice implantationSurgical interventionUG groupControl groupMedicationsPatientsGlaucomaMean numberMonthsSignificant reductionEyesImplantation