Eye care utilisation patterns in a rural county in Ireland: Implications for service delivery

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 972-975

  Clendenin, Colleen ^a   Coffey, Michele ^b   Marsh, Marta ^a   West, Sheila ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Western Health Board   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SCREENING; SPECTACLES; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0030781289     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.81.11.972     Document Type: Article

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