Rising cataract surgery rates: Demand and supply

Ophthalmology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 2-4

  Erie, Jay C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRALIA; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT EXTRACTION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84891593394     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2013.10.002     Document Type: Editorial

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