Indigenous access to cataract surgery: An assessment of the barriers and solutions within the Australian health system

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 148-154

  Boudville, Andrea I ^a   Anjou, Mitchell D ^a   Taylor, Hugh R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal Australian; Cataract surgery; Eye

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CATARACT EXTRACTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WAITING TIME; WORKSHOP;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84875515433     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2012.02840.x     Document Type: Article

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