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| Title: | Spectacles and contact lenses in Germany |
| Journal: | Market Research Europe
1994 : MAR, VOL. 26, p. 109-139 |
| Index terms: | GERMANY CONSUMER DURABLES MEDICINE MEDICAL RESEARCH |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This report discusses the market for personal visual aids in Germany. The sector primarily concerns spectacles and contact lenses, though also involves ancillary products such as lens solutions and lens cloths. This study concerns only products designed to correct visual defects such as varying degrees of long- and short-sightedness. The enforcement of the government's Health Reform Act in January 1989, which reduced health insurance payments for opticians's bills, prompted a severe downturn in sales of spectacles and contact lenses in Germany. |
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