Quality indicators for the care of vision impairment in vulnerable elders

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages

  Rowe, Susannah ^a   MacLean, Catherine H ^b,c,d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Wellpoint Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Process measures; Quality of care; Vision

Indexed keywords

CATARACT EXTRACTION; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; ELDERLY CARE; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE REFRACTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; REVIEW; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AGED; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; EYE DISEASES; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 34848829791     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01355.x     Document Type: Review

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