The Impact of Managed Eye Care on Use of Vision Services, Vision Costs, and Patient Satisfaction

Value in Health

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 195-203

  Colman, Shoshana S ^a   Jones, R David ^b   Serdahl, Christian L ^b   Smith, F Mason ^b   Silva, Stefanie J ^a   Schonfeld, Warren H ^a  

^a IQVIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Managed eye care program; Medical claims; Medical eye care costs; Patient satisfaction; Vision service use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 1842509258     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4733.2004.72276.x     Document Type: Article

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