Cost-effectiveness of femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery versus phacoemulsification cataract surgery

Ophthalmology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 10-16

  Abell, Robin G ^a   Vote, Brendan J ^b  

^a Tasmanian Eye Institute   (Australia)

^b Launceston Eye Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATARACT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMTOSECOND LASER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOPATHY; LENS LUXATION; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL ACUITY;

CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHACOEMULSIFICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84891627066     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2013.07.056     Document Type: Article

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