Spectacles in Fiji: Need, acquisition, use and willingness to pay

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 538-544

  Toit, Rènée Du ^a,b,c   Ramke, Jacqueline ^a,b,c   Palagyi, Anna ^a,b,c   Brian, Garry ^a  

^a Fred Hollows Foundation New Zealand   (New Zealand)

^b International Centre for Eyecare Education   (Australia)

^c VISION COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blindness; Eye care services; Fiji; Spectacles; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FIJI; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; REFRACTION ERROR; RURAL POPULATION; SPECTACLES; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; FIJI; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; VISION DISORDERS; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 53849119166     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2008.00286.x     Document Type: Article

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