Cost-effectiveness of descemet's stripping endothelial keratoplasty versus penetrating keratoplasty

Ophthalmology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 464-470

  Bose, Saideep ^a   Ang, Marcus ^b,c   Mehta, Jodhbir S ^a,b,c,d   Tan, Donald T ^b   Finkelstein, Eric ^a  

^a DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; KERATOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; REPEAT PROCEDURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGAPORE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VISUAL ACUITY; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

AGED; BLISTER; CORNEAL DISEASES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84875215656     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2012.08.024     Document Type: Article

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