Economic cost of cataract surgery procedures in an established eye care centre in Southern India

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 369-380

  Muralikrishnan, R ^a,e   Venkatesh, R ^b   Venkatesh Prajna, N ^b   Frick, Kevin D ^c,d  

^a L A Inst of Comm Ophthalmol   (India)

^b ARAVIND EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Lions Aravind Institute of Community Ophthalmology   (India)

Author keywords

Cataract extraction; Extracapsular cataract extraction; Eye care cost; India; Manual small incision cataract surgery; PHACO emulsification

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; LENS IMPLANTATION; MANUAL SMALL INCISION CATARACT SURGERY; MONEY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

CATARACT EXTRACTION; COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INDIA; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; OPHTHALMOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 11844268628     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09286580490888762     Document Type: Review

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