Cost efficiency and cost effectiveness of cataract surgery at the Malaysian Ministry of Health ophthalmic services

International Ophthalmology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 81-87

  Loo, Cheen Yeng ^a   Kandiah, Meena ^a   Arumugam, Gomathy ^a   Goh, Pik Pin ^a,d   John, Elizabeth ^b   Gurusami, Banu ^b   Kumar, T V ^c   Karunakar, T V N ^c   Azmi, Soraya ^a   Lim, Teck Onn ^a  

^a HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

^b Penang Adventist Hospital   (Malaysia)

^c HOSPITAL TENGKU AMPUAN AFZAN   (Malaysia)

^d Hospital Selayang   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cataract surgery; Cost effectiveness; Cost efficiency; Economic evaluation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPITAL; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LENS IMPLANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS;

EID: 3042591316     PISSN: 01655701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:INTE.0000031738.65787.e9     Document Type: Article

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