Management of day-surgery patients with cataract attending a peripheral ophthalmic clinic

Eye

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-75

  Rose, Karen ^a,b   Waterman, Heather ^a,b   Toon, Linda ^c   Mcleod, David ^b   Tullo, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c University Precinct Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cataract; Cost benefit analysis; Day surgery; Ophthalmic out patients; Pre operative assessment; Randomised controlled trial

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NURSE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0033061287     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1999.14     Document Type: Article

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