Incremental cost-effectiveness of initial cataract surgery

Ophthalmology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 606-612

  Busbee, Brandon G ^a   Brown, Melissa M ^a,c   Brown, Gary C ^a   Sharma, Sanjay ^a,b  

^a WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Queens Medical College   (Canada)

^c Ctr Evidence Based Hlth Care Econ   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0036184981     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(01)00971-X     Document Type: Article

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