China LASIK Forcast 2013 - 2023

Forecast of Laser Refract ive Surgery in China: 2013 -2023

C o l l a b o r a t i o n s a n d D a t a S o u r c e s

Development of the report relied on close collaboration with several parties:

 Ming Wang, MD, PhD: Ophthalmic surgeon and medical director of the Wang Vision 3D Cataract and LASIK Center, Nashville, Tennessee, and International President of the Shanghai Aier Eye Hospital, China. Dr. Wang served as a key collaborator for this report.  Aier Eye Hospitals Administrative Team: Aier is the largest Private Center system specializing in eye care in China with centers over a widespread geographical area. Aier currently performs approximately 10% of the laser refractive surgery in China in 43 centers. Aier provided market data, perspectives and on-sight education at their Shanghai and Beijing centers.  Professor Zhou Yuehua, MD, Beijing Tongren Hospital: This center is the largest single provider of laser eye surgery in China at over 15,000 procedure per year.  U.S. Demographic data was obtained from the United States Census Bureau, using the 2010 census figures.  China demographic data was obtained the CIA World Factbook, the U.S. Census Bureau, the National Bureau of Statistics of China, published information (esp. Starmass International, Singapore) and multiple published sources as cited in the References.  Data regarding demographic trends for the United States laser refractive surgery market were taken from the SurgiVision® DataLink registry, a private registry operated and maintained by SurgiVision® Consultants, Inc. with data from the United States since 2005, and from published sources as cited in the References. These data were used to compare the U.S. market demographics to those in China.  Alcon (China) Ophthalmic Product Co., Ltd., Beijing, China.  Zhai Qiying, President of Lumenis Ltd., China.

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