Determinants of patient satisfaction with cataract surgery and length or time on the waiting list

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1305-1309

  Conner Spady, B L ^a   Sanmugasunderam, S ^b   Courtright, P ^c   McGurran, J J ^a,d   Noseworthy, T W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Brit Columbia Ctr Epidemiol/I O   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 4744376258     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2003.037721     Document Type: Article

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