Time trends over five decades, and recent geographical variation, in rates of childhood squint surgery in England

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 746-751

  Chou, Munazzah R ^a   Malik, Aeesha N J ^b   Suleman, Mehrunisha ^c   Gray, Muir ^c   Yeates, David ^d   Goldacre, Michael J ^d  

^a EAST SURREY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Health QIPP Right Care ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EYE SURGERY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; STRABISMUS; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD HEALTH (PAEDIATRICS); EPIDEMIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TREATMENT SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT READMISSION; STRABISMUS; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL;

EID: 84878011789     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2012-302932     Document Type: Article

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