Resource allocation to prevent trachomatous low vision among older individuals in rural areas of less developed countries

Documenta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-21

  Frick, Kevin D ^a   Mecaskey, Jeffrey W ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b International Trachoma Initiative   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Low vision; Trachoma

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; VACCINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

BLINDNESS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EYE SURGERY; FACE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NONHUMAN; PERSONAL HYGIENE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; TRACHOMA; TRICHIASIS; VISUAL DISORDER; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; MALE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION;

ANTIBIOTICS; COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRACHOMA; VISION, LOW; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HUMANS;

EID: 0035989285     PISSN: 00124486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015767415795     Document Type: Review

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