Health policy and eye care services in Jamaica

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-57

  Buchanan, Norman ^a   Horwitz, Sarah McCue ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eye care services; Health policy

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTOMETERS; PUBLIC POLICY;

EYE CARE SERVICES;

VISION;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EVALUATION; EYE DISEASE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; JAMAICA; OPTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033977844     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-200001000-00014     Document Type: Article

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