Table 2 Changes in prostaglandin scripts between 1998 and 2004

From: Hospital Episode Statistics and changing trends in glaucoma surgery

 

Glaucoma Rx

Prostaglandin Rx

1998

5 487 000

301 000

1999

5 681 000

715 000

2000

5 719 000

1 146 000

2001

6 193 000

1 698 000

2002

6 349 000

2 193 000

2003

6 492 000

2 690 000

2004

6 979 000

3 130 000

Change 1998–2004

+1 005 000

+2 389 000

Percentage change

+18%

+793%