Project vision: A new and sustainable model for eliminating cataract blindness in China

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 427-430

  Lam, Dennis S ^a,b   Li, Emmy Y ^a,b   Chang, David F ^b,d   Zhang, Ming Zhi ^b,c   Zhan, Hang Kai ^b,c   Pang, Chi Pui ^a,b,c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Project Vision Charitable Foundation   (Hong Kong)

^c SHANTOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHINA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHINA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PILOT PROJECTS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 67651149598     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2009.02084.x     Document Type: Editorial

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