Spectacle dispensing in timor-leste: Tiered-pricing, cross-subsidization and financial viability

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 231-235

  Ramke, Jacqueline ^a   Brian, Garry ^a,b,c   Palagyi, Anna ^a  

^a Fred Hollows Foundation New Zealand   (New Zealand)

^b Population Health Eye Research Network   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cost recovery; Cross subsidization; Gender; Spectacles; Tiered pricing; Timor Leste

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SPECTACLES; URBAN AREA; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EYEGLASSES; FEES AND CHARGES; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDONESIA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PRESBYOPIA; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RURAL POPULATION; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863667597     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09286586.2012.680528     Document Type: Article

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