Cluster randomized trial to compare spectacle delivery systems at outreach eye camps in South India

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 308-314

  Ramasamy, Dhivya ^a   Joseph, Sanil ^a   Valaguru, Vijayakumar ^a   Mitta, Vinod P ^b   Ravilla, Thulasiraj D ^a   Cotch, Mary Frances ^c  

^a ARAVIND EYE CARE SYSTEM   (India)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eye camp; India; Outreach; Refractive error; Spectacle dispensing; Spectacles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SPECTACLES;

ADULT; AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCRIPTIONS; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885005378     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09286586.2013.822897     Document Type: Article

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