Nonmedical economic consequences attributable to visual impairment. A nation-wide approach in France

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 158-164

  Lafuma, Antoine ^a   Brezin, Antoine ^b   Fagnani, Francis ^c   Mimaud, Viviane ^c   Mesbah, Mounir ^c   Berdeaux, Gilles ^d,e  

^a CEMKA EVAL   (France)

^b Hôpital Cochin ^*  (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d Bioinformatique et Chimie Moléculaire   (France)

^e Alcon France   (France)

Author keywords

Blindness; Dependency; Handicap; Incapacity; Low vision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CAREGIVER; COST OF ILLNESS; DEVICE; DISABILITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FRANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STANDARDIZATION; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; BLINDNESS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FRANCE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; INCOME; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; SELF-HELP DEVICES; VISION, LOW; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33750084140     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-006-0346-1     Document Type: Article

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