Willingness to Pay for Cataract Surgery in Rural Southern China

Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 411-416

  He, Mingguang ^a,b   Chan, Vicki ^c   Baruwa, Elaine ^d   Gilbert, Donna ^c   Frick, Kevin D ^d   Congdon, Nathan ^b,c,d  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHINA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COST; COST OF ILLNESS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33847098667     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.09.012     Document Type: Article

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