The rising cost of glaucoma drugs in Ireland 1996-2003

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 162-165

  Knox, F A ^a,b   Barry, M ^c   McGowan, B ^c   O'Brien, Colm ^b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Mater Misericordiae ^*  (Ireland)

^c ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BIMATOPROST; BRIMONIDINE; BRINZOLAMIDE; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE INHIBITOR; DORZOLAMIDE; DORZOLAMIDE PLUS TIMOLOL; LATANOPROST; LATANOPROST PLUS TIMOLOL MALEATE; MIOTIC AGENT; NEW DRUG; PROSTAGLANDIN DERIVATIVE; TRAVOPROST;

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DRUG COST; DRUG FORMULARY; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG MARKETING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IRELAND; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; CARBONIC ANHYDRASE INHIBITORS; DRUG COSTS; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; IRELAND; MIOTICS; NORTHERN IRELAND; PROSTAGLANDINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYMPATHOMIMETICS; TRABECULECTOMY;

EID: 31544483891     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2005.076117     Document Type: Article

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