The societal burden of blindness secondary to retinopathy of prematurity in Lima, Peru

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 750-755

  Dave, Hreem B ^a   Gordillo, Luz ^c   Yang, Zhou ^b   Zhang, Monica S ^a   Hubbard III, G Baker ^a   Olsen, Timothy W ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL NACIONAL EDGARDO REBAGLIATI MARTINS   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCOME; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; SCREENING; SOCIETY;

BLINDNESS; COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LASER COAGULATION; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; PERU; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84866391936     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: 18791891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2012.04.003     Document Type: Article

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