Compliance with follow-up after cataract surgery in Rural China

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 67-73

  Huang, Guofu ^a,b   Crooms, Rita ^a   Chen, Qianyun ^a   Congdon, Nathan ^a   He, Mingguang ^a,b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cataract; China; Compliance; Follow up; Rural; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERTIZING; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHINA; COMPENSATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCOME; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REIMBURSEMENT; RURAL AREA; TELECONSULTATION; TELEPHONE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHINA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84859065795     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09286586.2011.628777     Document Type: Article

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