1 Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai General Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao TongUniversity, Shanghai 200080, China
2 Shanghai Engineering Center for Visual Science and Photomedicine, Shanghai 200080, China
3 Shanghai Key Laboratory of Fundus Diseases, Shanghai 200080, China
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is one of the major causes of blindness around the world.Anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) therapy has become the first-line therapy for treating neovascular AMD (nAMD). Considering the burden of the high cost of anti-VEGF medicine, long-term and often lifelong repeated injections required of patients, it is important to understand the patterns of anti-VEGF therapy for nAMD patients in real-world settings, which will optimize the delivery of healthcare for nAMD patients, improve clinical pathways and may even help with decision-making in healthcare policy. Recently, data analysis studies on nAMD, based on electronic information platforms, have unveiled the epidemiology of nAMD in different countries and regions, the anti-VEGF therapy patterns in the real
world and the medical expenditure related to nAMD. This article reviews research progress in real-world studies on nAMD based on electronic information platforms.
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