Table 1. The unit costs of dry eye treatments and their categories.
| Treatment category | Unit Cost (US$) |
| Meibomian gland disease therapy | |
| Lid-Care* | 7.76 |
| Blephagel* | 10.7 |
| Eye mask (hot/cold) | 5.35 |
| Preservative free lubricant eye drops | |
| Refresh Plus eye drop‡ | 15.16 |
| Tears Naturale Free‡ | 14.90 |
| Refresh Ophthalmic Solution‡ | 8.82 |
| Preserved lubricant eye drops | |
| Hypromellose 0.3% eye drop* | 1.52 |
| Tears Naturale II* | 5.00 |
| Refresh Tears* | 6.65 |
| Sodium Hyaluronate 0.1% (Hialid)* | 8.88 |
| Sodium Chloride 0.9% eye drop* | 1.52 |
| Fresh Tears* | 5.35 |
| Vidisept Ophtiole eye drop* | 7.13 |
| Hypo Tears eye drop* | 3.30 |
| Systane* | 9.81 |
| Liquifilm Tears* | 5.88 |
| Lubricant Ointments and gels | |
| Vidisic eye gel ¶ | 11.60 |
| Duratears eye ointment ¶ | 5.88 |
| Solcoseryl 20% eye gel ¶ | 5.35 |
| Refresh Liquigel¶ | 8.92 |
| Cyclosporin eye drops | |
| Restasis 0.05% ophthalmic emulsion‡ | 64.92 |
| Oral Supplements | |
| Thera Tears capsule* | 43.69 |
| Non Phamacological Treatments/Procedures | |
| Punctum Cautery† | 22.29 |
| Punctum plug† | 78.47 |
| Tarsorrhaphy† | 66.86 |
*
Per bottle.
‡
Per 30 vials.
†
Per procedure.
¶
Per tube.