What is the direct cost of treatment of acute primary angle closure glaucoma? The Singapore model

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 578-583

  Wang, Jenn Chyuan ^a   Chew, Paul T K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Acute primary angle closure glaucoma; Health economics; Singapore

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; ANTIMETABOLITE; BRIMONIDINE; CUSMOLOL; DEXAMETHASONE; PILOCARPINE; SPERSADEXOLINE; TIMOLOL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DRUG COST; HUMAN; IRIDOTOMY; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDLINE; PRIMARY GLAUCOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGAPORE; TRABECULECTOMY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; ECONOMICS, MEDICAL; FILTERING SURGERY; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MODELS, ECONOMIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE;

EID: 11344251250     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2004.00906.x     Document Type: Article

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