Acute care hospital utilization by patients with visual impairment

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 943-949

  Morse, Alan R ^a   Yatzkan, Elaine ^a   Berberich, Barry ^a   Arons, Raymond R ^b  

^a Jewish Guild for the Blind   (United States)

^b Joseph L Mailman Sch of Pub Hlth ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORNEA ULCER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0032778397     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.117.7.943     Document Type: Article

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