Estimating the costs and quality of life impact of vision loss in the population aged 50-80 years in Malta: evidence from The Malta Eye Study
Visual impairment imposes a considerable economic and quality-of-life burden on an older adult population in Malta, driven largely by cataracts, refractive error, and productivity losses. These results emphasize the need for preventive and treatment strategies and underscore the importance of future cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analyses to help guide eye health policy in Malta.
Authors
- Julian Alexander Mamo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6221-853X)
- Francis Carbonaro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7583-1955)
- David Agius (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8485-1915)
- Neville Calleja (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1800-2103)
- Andrew Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7908-6091)
Institutions
- King's College London (GB)
- University of Malta (MT)
- Mater Dei Hospital (MT)
- Scanimetrics (Canada) (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Public Health
- Published
- 2025-12-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1706208
- Primary Topic
- Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00