Utilisation of community-based rehabilitation services for incurably blind persons in a rural population of Southern India

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 273-277

  Vijayakumar, Valaguru ^a   Datta, Dipankar ^a   Karthika, Arumugam ^a   Thulasiraj, Ravilla D ^a,b   Nirmalan, Praveen K ^a,b,c  

^a ARAVIND MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

^b Lions Aravind Institute of Community Ophthalmology   (India)

^c LAICO   (India)

Author keywords

Blindness; Community rehabilitation; Utilisation barriers

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT ATTITUDE; REHABILITATION CENTER; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; STANDARDIZATION; TRAINING; VISUAL ACUITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REHABILITATION; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REHABILITATION; RURAL POPULATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 0141998832     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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