Publications by authors named "Gomathy Arumugam"
Purpose: To determine the cost efficiency and to compare the cost effectiveness of conventional extracapsular cataract surgery (ECCE) and phacoemulsification at three hospitals of the Malaysian Ministry of Health (MOH).
Methods: Patient demography, pre-operative visual acuity, intra-operative complications, post-operative complications and post-operative visual acuity were recorded for two hundred and forty seven of the 400 patients who underwent cataract surgery during a 2-week period. The cost of surgery, which included capital, staff and overhead, and patient care consumable costs were assessed prospectively in 8 randomly sampled patients over a 3-month period.