Public sector refraction and spectacle dispensing in low-resource countries of the Western Pacific

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 339-347

  Ramke, Jacqueline ^a   Du Toit, Rènée ^a   Palagyi, Anna ^a   Williams, Carmel ^a   Brian, Garry ^a  

^a Fred Hollows Foundation New Zealand   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Pacific; Refractive error; Spectacles; Vision 2020

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COOK ISLANDS; EYE REFRACTION; FIJI; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; LAW; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFRACTION ERROR; SAMOA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOLOMON ISLANDS; SPECTACLES; TONGA; TUVALU; VANUATU;

EYEGLASSES; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PUBLIC SECTOR; REFRACTIVE ERRORS;

EID: 47649129691     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2008.01768.x     Document Type: Article

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