Routine optometric care in nursing homes: A retrospective study

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 243-246

  Goetzinger, Gregory J ^a   Wingert, Timothy A ^b   McAlister, W Howard ^b  

^a US Army Hospital   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Elderly; Nursing homes; Optomet ric care

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE; NURSING; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT;

EYE CARE; NURSING HOMES; OPTOMETRIC CARE; OPTOMETRIC EXAMINATION;

VISION;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; NURSING HOME; OPTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; OPTOMETRY; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0030130697     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: 15389235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00006324-199604000-00005     Document Type: Article

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