Glaucoma management among individuals enrolled in a single comprehensive insurance plan

Ophthalmology

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1500-1504

  Friedman, David S ^a   Nordstrom, Beth ^b   Mozaffari, Essy ^c   Quigley, Harry A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ingenix Inc   (United States)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT;

ADULT; ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; IMAGING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTIC NERVE; OPTOMETRY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRABECULOPLASTY; VISUAL FIELD; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER SURGERY; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STATISTICS; TRABECULECTOMY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INSURANCE, MAJOR MEDICAL; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER SURGERY; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRABECULECTOMY;

EID: 24944560540     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2005.02.030     Document Type: Article

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