Improving access to eye health services in rural Timor-Leste

Rural and Remote Health

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Pereira, S M ^a   Blignault, I ^b   du Toit, R ^a   Ramke, J ^b  

^a Fred Hollows Foundation New Zealand   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Access; Eye health; Outreach services; Timor Leste

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COUNSELING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EYE DISEASE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL STAFF; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; TIMOR-LESTE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION TEST;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; COUNSELING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EAST TIMOR; EYE DISEASES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; VISION SCREENING;

EID: 84871682285     PISSN: 14456354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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