Patient-Centered Economic Burden of Diabetic Macular Edema: Retrospective Cohort Study

Kyungseon Choi   ^{1, 2 *} , MSc, PharmD ;   Sang Jun Park   ^{3 *} , MSc, MD, PhD ;   Hyuna Yoon   ^{1, 2} , MSc, PharmD ;   Seoyoon Choi   ³ , MSc ;   Yongseok Mun   ⁴ , MD ;   Seok Kim   ⁵ , MPH ;   Sooyoung Yoo   ⁵ , PhD ;   Se Joon Woo   ³ , MD, PhD ;   Kyu Hyung Park   ⁶ , MD, PhD ;   Junghyun Na   ^{1, 2} , MS ;   Hae Sun Suh   ^{1, 2, 7} , MPharm, MA, PhD

¹ Department of Regulatory Science, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

² Institute of Regulatory Innovation through Science, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

³ Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Republic of Korea

⁴ Department of Ophthalmology, Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

⁵ Healthcare ICT Research Center, Office of eHealth Research and Businesses, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Republic of Korea

⁶ Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea

⁷ College of Pharmacy, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

*these authors contributed equally