ABS: Australian Bureau of Statistics
ALOS: average length of stay
AMD: age-related macular degeneration
AR-DRG: Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups
BCVA: best-corrected visual acuity
BOD: burden of disease
CEA: cost effectiveness analysis
CPI: consumer price index
CSO: Central Statistics Office of Ireland
DALY: disability-adjusted life year
DCBA: disease cost-burden analysis
DM: diabetes mellitus
DR: diabetic retinopathy
DWL: deadweight welfare loss
ESRI: Economic and Social Research Institute
GA: geographic atrophic
GBD: Global Burden of Disease
GDP: gross domestic product
HIPE: Hospital In-Patient Enquiry scheme
HRG: Health Resource Group
HSE: Health Service Executive
ICD-10: International Classification of Diseases, tenth revision
ICER: incremental cost effectiveness ratio
MCPF: marginal cost of public funds
MVIP: Melbourne Visual Impairment Project
NCBI: National Council for the Blind of Ireland
NDS: National Disability Survey
NTPF: National Treatment Purchase Fund
PCRS: Primary Care Reimbursement Service
PPP: purchasing power parity
QALY: quality-adjusted life year
RE: refractive error
ROI: Republic of Ireland
TFR: total fertility rate
VA: visual acuity
VAT: value-added taxation
VI: vision impairment
VSL: value of a statistical life (year)
VISPA: Vision Impaired Service Providers Alliance
WHO: World Health Organisation
WTP: willingness to pay
YLD: years of healthy life lost due to disability
YLL: years of healthy life lost due to premature death