Monitoring visual status: Why patients do or do not comply with practice guidelines

Health Services Research

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1429-1448

  Sloan, Frank A ^a   Brown, Derek S ^b   Carlisle, Emily Streyer ^c   Picone, Gabriel A ^d   Lee, Paul P ^e  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Compliance; Diabetes mellitus; Eye care; Practice guidelines

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SALARY; VISION TEST;

AGED; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VISION TESTS;

EID: 4844229526     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2004.00297.x     Document Type: Article

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