Formal and informal care utilisation amongst elderly persons with visual impairment

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1279-1281

  Ke, Kathleen M ^a   Montgomery, Anne Marie ^a   Stevenson, Michael ^a   O'Neill, Ciaran ^a   Chakravarthy, Usha ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SELF CARE; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SELF CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE PERSON; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34848883658     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.113142     Document Type: Article

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