Reducing older driver motor vehicle collisions via earlier cataract surgery

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 203-211

  Mennemeyer, Stephen T ^a   Owsley, Cynthia ^b   McGwin Jr , Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cataract surgery; Cost effectiveness; Elderly; Insurance; Medicare; Monte Carlo simulation; Motor vehicle collision

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE NUMBERS; CATARACT SURGERIES; CURRENT PRACTICES; ELDERLY; MEDICARE; MONTE CARLO MODEL; MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISIONS; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; INSURANCE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RAILROAD ACCIDENTS; SURGERY;

COST REDUCTION;

AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MEDICARE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VERY ELDERLY; VISUAL DISORDER;

CATARACT SURGERY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELDERLY; INSURANCE; MEDICARE; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 84888291896     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2013.01.002     Document Type: Article

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