Utilization of eye care services by Victorians likely to benefit from eye care

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 573-577

  Bylsma, Guy W ^a,c   Le, Anhchuong ^a   Mukesh, Bickol N ^a   Taylor, Hugh R ^a   McCarty, Catherine A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Eye disease; Population; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CATARACT; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EYE DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN AREA; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTOMETRY; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; VICTORIA; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 11344274673     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2004.00905.x     Document Type: Article

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