Which factors influence patients' maximum acceptable waiting time for cataract surgery? - A questionnaire survey

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Weingessel, Birgit ^a   Richter Mueksch, Sibylla ^b   Vécsei Marlovits, Pia V ^a  

^a KH Hietzing ^*  (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

cataract surgery; patients' perspective; visual impairment; waiting time

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE CONCEPTS; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM ACCEPTABLE WAITING TIME; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FUNCTION INDEX 14; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WORK DISABILITY;

AGED; AUSTRIA; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 79954989947     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2010.01938.x     Document Type: Article

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