A 'cost-per-wear' model based on contact lens replacement frequency

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 253-260

  Efron, Nathan ^a   Efron, Suzanne E ^b   Morgan, Philip B ^c   Morgan, Sarah L ^c  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b The University of Manchester ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Australia; Cost per wear model; Multifocal lens; Replacement frequency; Soft contact lens; Spherical lens; Toric lens

Indexed keywords

CONTACT LENS SOLUTION;

AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; CONTACT LENS; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; ECONOMICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MEDICAL FEE; OPTOMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

AUSTRALIA; CONTACT LENS SOLUTIONS; CONTACT LENSES; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEES, MEDICAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; OPTOMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77954265231     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2010.00488.x     Document Type: Article

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