Development and assessment of a priority store for cataract surgery

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 48-55

  Fantini, Maria Pia ^a,b   Negro, Antonella ^a   Accorsi, Stefano ^a   Cisbani, Luca ^a   Taroni, Francesco ^a   Grilli, Roberto ^a,c  

^a Agenzia Sanitaria Emilia Romagna   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c Agenzia Sanitaria Regionale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Appropriateness; Cataract extraction; Priority criteria; Waiting lists

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL PATIENT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WORK;

EID: 1542314359     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: 17153360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-4182(04)80052-8     Document Type: Article

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