Association between Vision Loss and Higher Medical Care Costs in Medicare Beneficiaries. Costs Are Greater for Those with Progressive Vision Loss

Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Javitt, Jonathan C ^a,b   Zhou, Zhiyuan ^c   Willke, Richard J ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b POTOMAC INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES   (United States)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 33846494063     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.07.054     Document Type: Article

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