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Table 4 Annualized equipment and treatment costs

From: Health care cost and benefits of artificial intelligence-assisted population-based glaucoma screening for the elderly in remote areas of China: a cost-offset analysis

Cost items

Annual Costs ($)

Source

Equipment

 Equipment costs

74,654.9

Internal data

Treatment

 Hospital examination

15.9

Tang et al. [19]

 PACS or PAC

  Outpatient medications

1.8

Tang et al. [19]

  Inpatient surgery

105.0

Tang et al. [19]

 PACG

  Outpatient medications

10.6

Tang et al. [19]

  Inpatient surgery

565.6

Electronic medical records

 Unilateral blindness

  Outpatient medications

347.9

Tang et al. [19]

  Inpatient surgery

976.6

Electronic medical records

 Bilateral blindness

  Outpatient medications

347.9

Tang et al. [19]

  Inpatient surgery

1233.5

Electronic medical records

  1. Note: Electronic medical records were obtained from the two county hospitals in the County People’s Hospital and the County Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine