The direct, indirect and intangible costs of visual impairment caused by neovascular age-related macular degeneration

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 525-531

  Ke, Kathleen Melissa ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Economic costs; Neovascular age related macular degeneration; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLINDNESS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; NORTHERN IRELAND; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78649906573     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-009-0207-9     Document Type: Article

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