Cataract surgery in Australia: A profile of patient-centred outcomes

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 388-392

  Pager, Chet K ^a,b   McCluskey, Peter J ^b   Retsas, Con ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Cataract surgery; Outcomes; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CATARACT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFRACTION ERROR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 4444328681     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2004.00843.x     Document Type: Article

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