Reducing wait time for cataract surgery: comparison of 2 historical cohorts of patients in Montreal.

Objective: A cataract efficiency program was implemented in Montreal in 2003 to decrease surgery wait time. Our goal was to determine whether health, adverse events during wait time, and outcome of patients presenting for cataract surgery differed from 1999 to 2006 in Montreal.

Design: Prospective preoperative and postoperative observational study performed at 2 time points 6 years apart.