Presbyopic spectacle coverage, willingness to pay for near correction, and the impact of correcting uncorrected presbyopia in adults in Zanzibar, East Africa

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1234-1241

  Laviers, Heidi R ^a   Omar, Fatma ^b   Jecha, Hakika ^b   Kassim, Garnia ^b   Gilbert, Clare ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Mnazi Mmoja Hospital   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESBYOPIA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPECTACLES; TANZANIA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESBYOPIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TANZANIA; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77449124986     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-3154     Document Type: Article

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