A community-based study for the utility values associated with diabetic retinopathy among type 2 diabetics in Kinmen, Taiwan

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 265-273

  Tung, Tao Hsin ^a,b   Chen, Shih Jen ^a,c   Lee, Fenq Li ^c   Liu, Jorn Hon ^b   Lin, Ching Heng ^a   Chou, Pesus ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHENG HSIN REHABILITATION MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Community based study; Diabetic retinopathy; Time trade off; Type 2 diabetes; Utility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PUPIL; SCREENING; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TAIWAN;

EID: 20144384876     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2004.10.003     Document Type: Article

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