Patterns of care for open-angle glaucoma in managed care

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 777-783

  Fremont, Allen M ^a   Lee, Paul P ^a,c   Mangione, Carol M ^a,d   Kapur, Kanika ^a   Adams, John L ^a   Wickstrom, Steven L ^b   Escarce, José J ^a,d  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b United Health Care   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY EYE CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PERFORMANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL FIELD;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; FILTERING SURGERY; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANTS; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0038348797     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.121.6.777     Document Type: Article

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