The cost of glaucoma care provided to medicare beneficiaries from 2002 to 2009

Ophthalmology

Volumn 120, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2249-2257

  Quigley, Harry A ^a   Cassard, Sandra D ^a   Gower, Emily W ^a,b   Ramulu, Pradeep Y ^a   Jampel, Henry D ^a   Friedman, David S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RANIBIZUMAB;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EYE CARE; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IRIDOTOMY; LASER SURGERY; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRABECULECTOMY; TRABECULOPLASTY;

AGED; CILIARY BODY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANTS; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; IRIDECTOMY; IRIS; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; MEDICARE PART A; MEDICARE PART B; TRABECULECTOMY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887176024     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2013.04.027     Document Type: Article

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