Costs of Refractive Correction of Distance Vision Impairment in the United States, 1999-2002

Ophthalmology

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2163-2170

  Vitale, Susan ^a   Cotch, Mary Frances ^a   Sperduto, Robert ^a   Ellwein, Leon ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECTACLES; UNITED STATES; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIRECT SERVICE COSTS; EYEGLASSES; FEE SCHEDULES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; UNITED STATES; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 33751552701     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.06.033     Document Type: Article

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