Cataract extraction in a major ophthalmic hospital: Day-case or overnight stay?

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 83-88

  Atalla, Maged L ^a,b   Wells, Kristen K ^a   Peucker, Nicole ^a   Yi, Qing ^a,b   McCarty, Daniel J ^a,b   Louis, Damien ^a   Taylor, Hugh R ^a,b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b CENTRE FOR EYE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cataract extraction; Day case; Overnight stay

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VICTORIA;

EID: 0033909641     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9071.2000.00277.x     Document Type: Article

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