Factors influencing the success of rural cataract surgery programs in China: The study of hospital administration and relative productivity (SHARP)

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 266-273

  Liu, Tianyu ^a,b   Ong, Ee Lin ^a   Yan, Xixi ^a   Guo, Xinxing ^a   He, Mingguang ^a,c   Friedman, David ^c,d   Congdon, Nathan ^a,e  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ORBIS INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHINA; COMPETITION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; WORKFLOW;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHINA; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS; HOSPITALS, LOW-VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84874704364     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.12-10906     Document Type: Article

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