What factors influence cataract waiting list time?

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 429-431

  Churchill, Amanda J ^a   Vize, Colin J ^a   Stewart, Owen G ^a   Backhouse, Oliver ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; DRIVING ABILITY; EMPLOYMENT; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; EMPLOYMENT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0034015387     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.84.4.429     Document Type: Article

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