Cataract surgery cost utility revisited in 2012: A new economic paradigm

Ophthalmology

Volumn 120, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2367-2376

  Brown, Gary C ^a,b,c   Brown, Melissa M ^a,b,c   Menezes, Alicia ^a   Busbee, Brandon G ^d   Lieske, Heidi B ^a   Lieske, Philip A ^a  

^a Value Based Medicine   (United States)

^b Eye Research Institute   (United States)

^c WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Tennessee Retina   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; AGED; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84888010351     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2013.04.030     Document Type: Article

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