Cataract surgery by appointment - A pilot study

BMC Ophthalmology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Mavrikakis, Ioannis ^a   Georgiou, Tassos ^a   Paul, Bobby ^a   Liu, Christopher S C ^a,b  

^a SUSSEX EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Tongdean Eye Clinic   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; OPERATING ROOM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; VISUAL ACUITY; LENGTH OF STAY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SELF CARE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OPERATING ROOMS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33646544404     PISSN: 14712415     EISSN: 14712415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2415-6-18     Document Type: Article

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