The cost-utility of telemedicine to screen for diabetic retinopathy in india

Ophthalmology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 566-573

  Rachapelle, Sudhir ^a   Legood, Rosa ^b   Alavi, Yasmene ^b   Lindfield, Robert ^b   Sharma, Tarun ^a   Kuper, Hannah ^b   Polack, Sarah ^b  

^a VISION RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE EXAMINATION; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANAGER; MASS SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RURAL AREA; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELEMEDICINE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INDIA; LASER COAGULATION; MARKOV CHAINS; MASS SCREENING; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELEMEDICINE; VISION SCREENING; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84875210191     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2012.09.002     Document Type: Article

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