Barriers for poor cataract surgery uptake among patients with operable cataract in a program of outreach screening and low-cost surgery in rural china

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 153-160

  Zhang, Xiu Juan ^a   Jhanji, Vishal ^a,b   Leung, Christopher Kai Shun ^a   Li, Emmy Y ^a,c,d   Liu, Yingpeng ^a,c   Zheng, Chongren ^c   Musch, David C ^e   Chang, David F ^f   Liang, Yuan Bo ^a   Lam, Dennis S C ^a,c,g  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Project Vision Charity Foundation Limited   (Hong Kong)

^d HONG KONG EYE HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Blindness prevention; Cataract; Cataract barriers; Cataract screening; Low cost surgery program

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FAMILY THERAPY; FEAR; FEMALE; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TRUST;

BLINDNESS PREVENTION; CATARACT; CATARACT BARRIERS; CATARACT SCREENING; LOW-COST SURGERY PROGRAM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHINA; FEES, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84900856043     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09286586.2014.903981     Document Type: Article

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