The efficacy of a nurse-led preoperative cataract assessment and postoperative care clinic

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 184, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 278-281

  Kirkwood, Bradley J ^a   Pesudovs, Konrad ^a   Latimer, Paul ^a   Coster, Douglas J ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SAFETY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33645470664     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00237.x     Document Type: Article

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