High-Risk Populations for Vision Loss and Eye Care Underutilization: A Review of the Literature and Ideas on Moving Forward

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 348-358

  Elam, Angela R ^a   Lee, Paul P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers; Disparities; Eye care utilization; High risk

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CATARACT; COMORBIDITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DENIAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; EYE CARE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEAR; FINANCE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; IMMIGRATION; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE; LIFESTYLE; MEDICARE; MYOPIA; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRUST; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

BLINDNESS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EYE DISEASES; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879173078     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: 18793304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2012.07.005     Document Type: Article

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