Medical Malpractice Predictors and Risk Factors for Ophthalmologists Performing LASIK and Photorefractive Keratectomy Surgery

Ophthalmology

Volumn 110, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2137-2146

  Abbott, Richard L ^a   Ou, Richard J ^b   Bird, Mariko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORNEA SURGERY; EYE SURGERY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; KERATECTOMY; LAW SUIT; MALPRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK;

EID: 0242317875     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2003.07.001     Document Type: Article

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