Cost-effectiveness of screening and correcting refractive errors in school children in Africa, Asia, America and Europe

Health Policy

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 201-215

  Baltussen, Rob ^a   Naus, Jeroen ^a   Limburg, Hans ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Independent consultant ^*

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Costs; Economic evaluation; Modeling; Refractive error

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ASIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EUROPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MASS SCREENING; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; SCHOOLS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58749083761     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2008.06.003     Document Type: Article

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