The waiting game: Natural history of a cataract waiting list in New Zealand

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 376-380

  Riley, Andrew F ^a   Grupcheva, Christina N ^a   Malik, Tahira Y ^a   Craig, Jennifer P ^a   McGhee, Charles N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cataract; Demographics; Prioritization; Surgical waiting list; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT CODING; PILOT STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT INDICATION; VISION;

EID: 0035677146     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9071.2001.d01-25.x     Document Type: Article

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