Epidemiological study to clarify the risk factors leading to glaucoma surgery of glaucoma patient using DPC data. - Epidemiological study of glaucoma patients using DPC data.

The factors associated with the increase in glaucoma surgery were having allergies, taking concomitant drugs including depression, ischemic heart disease and peptic ulcer, being diagnosed with primary open-angle glaucoma and longer length of stay in hospital. In contrast, the factors associated with the decrease in glaucoma surgery were having hypertension, taking hypertension drug, over 80 years old and female.