Simultaneous bilateral cataract surgery: Financial differences among nations and jurisdictions

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1355-1360

  Arshinoff, Steve A ^a   Chen, Sylvia H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DATA ANALYSIS; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURGEON; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CANADA; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746087609     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2006.02.064     Document Type: Article

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