Utilization of eye care services in Victoria

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 445-448

  Müller, Andreas ^a   Vu, Hien T ^a   Ferraro, John G ^a   Keeffe, Jill E ^a   Taylor, Hugh R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Eye examination; Service utilization

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CATARACT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EYE CARE; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC CARE; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; REFRACTION ERROR; RISK ASSESSMENT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

AGED; AGING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VICTORIA; VISION DISORDERS; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 33745859331     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2006.01234.x     Document Type: Article

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