Public tariffs, separately identified private published prices and public waiting times for lasik, both eyes, drawn from government schedules, hospital price publications and waiting-time registries (cutoff: 2026-10-19).
What a complete procedure typically includes
Our reference definition covers: both eyes, preoperative assessment, routine follow-up. It excludes: lens surgery, enhancement beyond routine follow-up. Note: Government tariff codes below follow each country’s own billing rules and may exclude implants, doctor fees, or follow-up care—check each country card for what is included.
Public tariffs are not private cash prices: Public-tariff rows show what a government health system (such as the UK NHS, US Medicare, or French public insurance) pays a hospital or doctor—not what you pay out of pocket as a private patient.
Published private packages are separate from public tariffs: Private packages carry their hospital name and published scope. Check whether the price is partial or hospital-wide: Some schedules publish a single hospital payment, while others (like US Medicare) split the doctor’s fee and the hospital facility fee into separate rows. We never add separate fees together.
Two different ways countries measure waiting times: Some countries report how long people currently on the waiting list have been waiting so far (e.g., Spain), while others report the total wait for patients who already had their procedure (e.g., Poland, Denmark).
Official benchmarks with unverified episode equivalence do not establish the cost of the complete procedure. Historical periods do not describe current appointment availability.
Countries in the index without official data for lasik, both eyes yet: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Malaysia, Norway, New Zealand, Portugal, Sweden, Thailand, Türkiye, United States.
CareFare Global (SOFT DEV FZ LLC). “CareFare Global Health Index: LASIK, both eyes.” Version 1; evidence capture cutoff 2026-10-15. https://carefareglobal.com/index/lasik-both. Accessed: [YYYY-MM-DD: fill in access date].
BibTeX
@misc{carefare_health_index__index_lasik_both,
author = {{CareFare Global (SOFT DEV FZ LLC)}},
title = {CareFare Global Health Index: LASIK, both eyes},
publisher = {CareFare Global Health Index},
version = {1},
date = {2026-10-15},
url = {https://carefareglobal.com/index/lasik-both},
urldate = {YYYY-MM-DD},
note = {Evidence capture cutoff: 2026-10-15. Fill in urldate before reuse; cite also the original source and source period.}
}
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