Direct costs of myopia in Singapore

Eye

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1086-1089

  Lim, M C C ^a,b   Gazzard, G ^c,d   Sim, E L ^e   Tong, L ^a,b   Saw, S M ^a,b,e  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cost of illness; Economics; Myopia; Singapore

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTACT LENS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FATHER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MYOPIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGAPORE; SPECTACLES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CONTACT LENSES; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EYEGLASSES; FATHERS; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MYOPIA; OPTOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 66049098133     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2008.225     Document Type: Article

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