Economic impact of the advent of posterior lamellar keratoplasty in Montreal, Quebec

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 243-251

  Beauchemin, Catherine ^a   Brunette, Isabelle ^a,b   Boisjoly, Hélène ^a,b   Freeman, Ellen E ^b   Popescu, Mihaela ^b   Lachaine, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corneal endothelium; Corneal transplantation; Cost utility analysis; Penetreting keratoplasty; Posterior lamellar keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL LOSS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DEEP LAMELLAR ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DESCEMET STRIPPING AUTOMATED ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HIDDEN MARKOV MODEL; HUMAN; KERATITIS; KERATOPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTERIOR LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROBABILITY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; REIMBURSEMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; CORNEAL DISEASES; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; MIDDLE AGED;

CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; QUEBEC;

EID: 77953320366     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: 17153360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3129/i10-026     Document Type: Article

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