Use of gonioscopy in medicare beneficiaries before glaucoma surgery

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 486-493

  Coleman, Anne L ^a,b   Yu, Fei ^a,b   Evans, Stacy J ^a  

^a JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Database; Demographics; Glaucoma; Gonioscopy; Medicare

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EYE CARE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; GONIOSCOPY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IRIDOTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; RETINA EXAMINATION; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; GONIOSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE PART B; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751034713     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ijg.0000212287.62798.8f     Document Type: Review

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