Costs and utilization of end-stage glaucoma patients receiving visual rehabilitation care: A US multisite retrospective study

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 419-425

  Gieser, David K ^a   Tracy Williams, R ^b   O'Connell, William ^c   Pasquale, Louis R ^f   Rosenthal, Bruce P ^d   Walt, John G ^g,h   Katz, Laura M ^e   Siegartel, Lisa R ^e   Wang, Lujing ^e   Rosenblatt, Lisa C ^e   Stern, Lee S ^e   Doyle, John J ^e  

^a Wheaton Eye Clinic   (United States)

^b Deicke Center for Visual Rehabilitation   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d Lighthouse International   (United States)

^e Analytica International   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^g ALLERGAN INC   (United States)

^h NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blindness; Direct costs; End stage primary open angle glaucoma; Resource use; Visual rehabilitation care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BLINDNESS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONSULTATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT MOBILITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHARMACY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; REHABILITATION CARE; REIMBURSEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRABECULECTOMY; TRABECULOPLASTY; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL REHABILITATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSORY AIDS; UNITED STATES; VISION, LOW;

EID: 33748948586     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ijg.0000212250.95078.6f     Document Type: Review

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