Regional variations and trends in the prevalence of diagnosed glaucoma in the medicare population

Ophthalmology

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1342-1351

  Cassard, Sandra D ^a   Quigley, Harry A ^a   Gower, Emily W ^a,c   Friedman, David S ^a,b   Ramulu, Pradeep Y ^a   Jampel, Henry D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); GLAUCOMA; GONIOSCOPY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTOMETRY; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE PART B; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863322113     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2012.01.032     Document Type: Article

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