Results from the International Cataract Surgery Outcomes Study

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 85, Issue THESIS2, 2007, Pages 5-32

  Norregaard, Jens Christian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Case mix; Cataract surgery; Clinical database; Clinical practice; Complications

Indexed keywords

A SCAN; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CASE MIX; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA EDEMA; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DENMARK; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPHEMA; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; LENS IMPLANTATION; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SPAIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34249683238     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: 16000420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2007.00937.x     Document Type: Article

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