A cost-effectiveness model of screening strategies for amblyopia and risk factors and its application in a German setting

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 259-269

  Gandjour, Afschin ^a   Schlichtherle, Stefanie ^a   Neugebauer, Antje ^a   Rüssmann, Walter ^a   Lauterbach, Karl Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Children; Cost effectiveness analysis; Germany; Screening

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; DATA REDUCTION; DECISION THEORY; HEALTH INSURANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

SCREENING STRATEGY;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

ALGORITHM; AMBLYOPIA; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AMBLYOPIA; CHILD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISION SCREENING;

EID: 0037343743     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-200303000-00016     Document Type: Article

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