Factors associated with the utilization of cataract surgery for veterans dually enrolled in Medicare

Military Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 752-756

  French, Dustin D ^a   Margo, Curtis E ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DISABLED PERSON; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VETERAN;

AGED; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DISABLED PERSONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 84864076585     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-12-00046     Document Type: Article

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