Patient and physician perspectives of maximum acceptable waiting times for cataract surgery

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 439-447

  Conner Spady, Barbara L ^a,b   Sanmugasunderam, Suren ^c   Courtright, Paul ^c,d   Mildon, Drew ^c   McGurran, John J ^b   Noseworthy, Tom W ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Western Canada Waiting List Project   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d Kilimanjaro Centre for Community Ophthalmology   (Tanzania)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cataract surgery; Maximum acceptable waiting times; Priority criteria; Waiting list

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; VISION TEST; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 24044451603     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: 17153360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-4182(05)80003-1     Document Type: Article

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