Hospital-based glaucoma clinics: What are the costs to patients

Eye

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 999-1005

  Sharma, A ^a   Jofre Bonet, M ^b   Panca, M ^b   Lawrenson, J G ^b   Murdoch, I ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinics; Glaucoma; Patient costs

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 77953573890     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2009.284     Document Type: Article

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