Uveitis in the elderly: Epidemiological data from the National Long-term Care Survey medicare cohort

Ophthalmology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Reeves, Sherman W ^a   Sloan, Frank A ^b   Lee, Paul P ^a   Jaffe, Glenn J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY EYE CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRIDOCYCLITIS; MALE; MEDICARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; UVEITIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; INSURANCE; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSURANCE CLAIM REPORTING; MALE; MEDICARE PART A; MEDICARE PART B; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES; UVEITIS;

EID: 31644445580     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2005.10.008     Document Type: Article

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