Cost-effectiveness of monitoring glaucoma patients in shared care: An economic evaluation alongside a randomized controlled trial

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Holtzer Goor, Kim M ^a   Van Sprundel, Esther ^b,c   Lemij, Hans G ^c   Plochg, Thomas ^d   Klazinga, Niek S ^d   Koopmanschap, Marc A ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Rotterdam Ophthalmic Institute   (Netherlands)

^c ROTTERDAM EYE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTOMETRY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; TRAVEL; WORKLOAD;

AGED; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTOMETRY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TRAVEL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 78249245735     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-312     Document Type: Article

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