Health insurance coverage and use of eye care services

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 126, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1121-1126

  Zhang, Xinzhi ^a   Lee, Paul P ^b   Thompson, Theodore J ^a   Sharma, Sanjay ^c   Barker, Lawrence ^a   Geiss, Linda S ^a   Imperatore, Giuseppina ^a   Gregg, Edward W ^a   Zhang, Xuanping ^a   Saaddine, Jinan B ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EYE CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; VISUAL DISORDER; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 49449114629     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.126.8.1121     Document Type: Article

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