Cataract surgery rates in Latin America: A four-year longitudinal study of 19 countries

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 75-81

  Lansingh, Van C ^a,e   Resnikoff, Serge ^b   Tingley Kelley, Kimberly ^c   Nano, Mara E ^a   Martens, Marion ^a   Silva, Juan C ^d   Duerksen, Rainald ^e   Carter, Marissa J ^c  

^a Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "Agostino Gemelli" IRCCS   (Argentina)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c Strategic Solutions Inc   (United States)

^d PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Colombia)

^e FUNDACIÓN VISIÓN   (Paraguay)

Author keywords

Cataract extraction rate; Correlation of data; Latin America; Ophthalmologist; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; OPHTHALMOLOGY;

EID: 77950175019     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09286581003624962     Document Type: Article

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