The Economics of Eye Care: Checkpoint 1

Quick checkpoint - five questions on blindness, cataract surgery, Aravind, Aurolab and glasses.

Question 1 of 5 What is a leading cause of blindness in India?

Cataract Sunlight Reading Glasses

Most blindness is avoidable.

Question 2 of 5 What does cataract surgery insert?

An intraocular lens A camera Glasses A cornea

It can take about 15 minutes.

Question 3 of 5 How does Aravind fund free surgery?

Paying patients subsidise poor patients Only donations Government pays everything It charges everyone the same

It stays sustainable.

Question 4 of 5 What did Aurolab do?

Cut lens prices to a few dollars Sold glasses online Built eye banks Invented surgery

It was set up in 1992.

Question 5 of 5 What did reading glasses do for tea pickers?

Raised productivity by about 22% Nothing Lowered output Cost them jobs

The PROSPER study was in Assam.

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