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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Ophthalmol. 2021 Mar 10;230:297–302. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2021.02.033

Table 2:

U.S. Population Costs

Total Annual Costs (billions) Differences (billions)
Aflibercept Laser Observation A-L O-L A-O
2020 $2.03 billion $0.80 billion $0.91 billion $1.24 billion $0.11 billion $1.12 billion
2021 $2.10 billion $0.92 billion $1.03 billion $1.18 billion $0.11 billion $1.07 billion
2022 $2.25 billion $1.05 billion $1.16 billion $1.20 billion $0.11 billion $1.09 billion
2023 $2.44 billion $1.20 billion $1.31 billion $1.24 billion $0.11 billion $1.13 billion
2024 $2.62 billion $1.35 billion $1.46 billion $1.27 billion $0.11 billion $1.16 billion
2025 $2.80 billion $1.50 billion $1.61 billion $1.31 billion $0.12 billion $1.19 billion
2026 $2.99 billion $1.65 billion $1.77 billion $1.34 billion $0.12 billion $1.22 billion
2027 $3.17 billion $1.80 billion $1.92 billion $1.37 billion $0.12 billion $1.25 billion
2028 $3.35 billion $1.95 billion $2.08 billion $1.40 billion $0.13 billion $1.28 billion
2029 $3.54 billion $2.10 billion $2.23 billion $1.44 billion $0.13 billion $1.31 billion
Cumulative Undiscounted* $27.29 billion $14.30 billion $15.48 billion $12.99 billion $1.17 billion $11.82 billion
Cumulative Discounted** $23.61 billion $12.25 billion $13.28 billion $11.35 billion $1.03 billion $10.33 billion

A: Aflibercept; L: Laser; O: Observation

*

Sum of the costs from 2020 through2029.

**

Discounts cost from 2021 through 2029 by 3% for each year in the future and then sums them together.