A European survey of patient satisfaction with spectacles after cataract surgery and the associated costs in four European countries (France, Germany, Spain, and Italy)

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 234-241

  Cuq, Christophe ^a   Lafuma, Antoine ^b   Jeanbat, Viviane ^b   Berdeaux, Gilles ^c,d,e  

^a Nouvelle Clinique de l'Union   (France)

^b CEMKA EVAL   (France)

^c Alcon Laboratories   (France)

^d University of Paris Cité   (France)

^e Alcon France   (France)

Author keywords

Cataract; Cost; Reimbursement; Resource utilization; Satisfaction; Spectacles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; SPAIN; SPECTACLES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCRIPTIONS, NON-DRUG; REFRACTIVE ERRORS;

EID: 51549115493     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09286580801983237     Document Type: Article

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