Trends in rates of retinal surgery in England from 1968 to 2004: Studies of hospital statistics

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1585-1590

  El Amir, A N ^a,b   Keenan, T D L ^a   Abu Bakra, M ^b   Tanner, V ^b   Yeates, D ^c   Goldacre, M J ^c  

^a OXFORD EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BERKSHIRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA SURGERY; SCLERA BUCKLING PROCEDURE; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; VITRECTOMY;

ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETINA; STATE MEDICINE; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 72449173837     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2009.159939     Document Type: Article

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